When the Covid restrictions were lifted, we snuck in a short weekend away at the farm in Yarra Valley closer to Healesville end. We stayed at Dairy Farm and its on a private property of 18 acres with some animals - lama, sheep, cows, chooks and geese which are all friendly animals that Eva could pat and feed.
Weather was not the best, but Eva loved stompping in muddy puddles, so all of us had our wellies on and just made the best of our time there.
Dinner was from Innocent Bystander and it was pretty amazing for takeaway food. I lighted the wood stove and enjoyed some chill time in front of the crackling fire whilst Eva had a big soak and play in the giant spa bath.
Eva picked her freshly laid egg for breakfast and just enjoyed the farm stay as "young hearts run free"!
Then 2 weeks later 4th July, we went back to the farm again, but this time we stayed at Harvest House. Lovely cosy original cottage that has been refurbished.
It was an all girls trip and Charlene joined us. Char is like the other daughter I never had and Becks and Char go back a long ways and are like sisters but from different parents.
We chilled in front of the fire and enjoyed our cheese platter and warm cups of organic teas whilst watching SWAT!
We packed a few extra things this trip ... hula hoops, baked beans and sweet potatoes.
We did what we did on the first trip except better this time round. I roasted sweet potatoes inside the wood stove and it tasted so delicious! There's definitely something special about wood fire d sweet potatoes besides providing warmth!
The extra baked beans at breakfast this 2nd time round finished it off nicely and made it a real big breakfast!!! Next time, I will bring some mushrooms and hopefully will be able to pick spinach off the veggie garden.
Eva did a house inspection and commented that Dairy House was the better one for her. I guess its because it is more spacious, there was the heated flooring and the spa bath was really ginormous. The playground was just at the back so we did not have to walk a mile to get there!
We came home with so many lemons, so we made a blueberry lemon butter cake. From the 2nd trip we picked even more lemons but this time we made 2 lots of lemon slices and they taste so good.
