Weekend Away

To celebrate our anniversary Dhillon and I headed down to Rye and Sorrento for a weekend away. We both had Friday off work and after a nice sleep in we got up, packed some stuff and off we went.

As we left it started to rain and unfortunately it didn’t stop until the early hours of Saturday morning. It took us just over an hour to get to our accommodation, Peppers Moonah Links Resort which was situated in Rye on a golf course.

They actually held the Australian Open golf tournament there a couple of years ago. The room was really nice with a view out onto the greens. We went into Sorrento to have a look around but by them time we got there it was 5pm and the shops were closing. We stopped by La Porchetta for a snack and then went back to the resort to relax and watch some TV.

At dinner time we went to Pebbles Restaurant at the resort. It was nice and romantical with a beautiful view out over the golf course and an open fire, it was a shame it was raining though as we missed out on the sunset. We ordered a bottle of red wine and had some food, I had lamb loins and Dhillon had fish. For desert we shared a tiramisu.

Saturday we woke up at 9 and after showering went to Ashcombe Maze. They have Australia’s oldest and largest hedge maze along with a lavender labyrinth and a rose maze. There was also other gardens and a lake on the property. We had breakfast in the cafe before venturing out to the maze, and it was lucky we did as it rained while we were eating. Once the rain cleared we started in the hedge maze, next some of the gardens then the rose maze.

When we had finished at the grounds we went to a place called the Blow Hole. The tide was out so we could walk right down on the rocks and there was a spot where you could see through the cliff to the other side, which was the blow hole. It was super windy but still pretty cool.

We then went back into Sorrento to the back beach and walked up the hill to the lookout. Took some nice photos up there and apparently on a clear day you can see Philip Island. By this time it was about 2pm so we went back into the town and had a coffee and vanilla slice at the place that apparently sells the best vanilla slice in Victoria. I remember seeing it on travel shows etc, and yes the slice was pretty damn good.

We watched Burn After Reading at the cinema which was very cute and cosy. The movie itself was not really my taste but not the worst thing I have ever seen. In the evening we grabbed some fish and chips and watched Tokyo Drift on TV in our room.

This morning we checked out then went to Rye for breakfast. After we ate we went to the Peninsula Hot Springs where I had booked us in for a dip in the pools then a private bath for 2. There were 5 pools in the public areas with the ones up the hill being the hottest at almost 42 degrees and the ones down lower warm like a bath. The water felt amazing on my skin, even the really hot ones. We went in for our private bath which was the spring water with some essential oils added, in a spa bath in a room for 2. We relaxed in there then when our time was up we headed home.