Living like a Celebrity

Thursday was our 'live like a celebrity day'. Lunch was booked, special after hours visit to our friends at Bonorong, and a surprise extension to my sisters holiday meant for a supercool day.
After a lazy morning we preaned ourselves in readiness for lunch at Moorilla. It was our first time to visit and the boys were so excited to see Daddy in the kitchen. Did he really just cook chips or was there more to his repertoire?

Seated with a birds eye view of the chef in question, we were spoilt by delicious degustation delights, paired with sumptuous wines from the vineyard, some of which we admittedly had to gulp down while we rescued the boys from underneath neighbouring tables. When chasing got the better of them, the next best game was how many salmon roe can you pick off the plate? Oh and how much can we dirty Mummy's pretty cream top? After the Reisling was poured, it really didn't matter. We were treated like royalty and we could do no wrong. Glorious.

While waiting for our chauffeur to take us to our next destination, we explored the very decadent penthouse pavilion, danced on the purpose built music stage and played acrobats on the lawn. Once Daddy was finished and cuddles were had, off we went to feed the animals at the local wildlife park. This visit was extra special as I had organised for us to go after hours, and have a private tour by the spirited owner Greg. Three hours later, we had not only shared dinner with almost sixty gentle 'roos, a baby koala, joey, pademelon and bandicoot, to name but a few, but I had held a blue tongued lizard, (add that to the overcoming a fear list) and we, once again were allowed free reign of the place to enjoy the precious animals. All this on the side of a hill that overlooks the beautiful Hobart hinterland, where your soul seems to regenerate and your faith in humanity is revived.With bellies full and satsfied hearts, we meandered back into town while the sun gently set behind us.

To have shared this day with my sister, show off my very clever and hard working husband and watch the boys play freely amongst Australia's native animals was just one of those unique experiences, that you are given once in a very long while.