Girls Time Out

I managed to escape our the mad menagerie at home and head up to Sydney for an overnight visit with Sarah, Tara and Emma from my ward to visit the temple on Saturday morning. Being the older more sensible one, my task was to keep these girls in line. We left Friday morning and headed north, lots of chattering in the car- no time for a snooze. After lunch in Parramatta we checked in to the temple accommodation and then worked out a plan of action. First stop was Parramatta Westfield with colour consultant Sarah whizzing us through the different stores and advising us on which colours suited who- some us feel a bit fashioned challenged so it was a good education!

We couldn't not take a photo of these shirts in Zara- but no money was harmed in the making of this shopping trip- just a poor by passer who was roped into taking this photo!

Next we negotiated the Sydney rail system and caught a train into the city and walked around Darling Harbour. It was a bit cool and windy but being Canberra girls we were up to the challenge.

We had dinner at Darling Harbour then headed across to the Lindt Cafe where some of us ordered a hot chocolate and relived tea party moments from our childhood.

Saturday morning we headed up to the temple and enjoyed some time there, which was the purpose of our trip. The photos are not the best but just to prove that we did make it there!

We headed back to the temple accommodation, cleaned up, packed up and headed back to Canberra. Surprisingly no one was in a hurry to return to their eagerly awaiting children so we took a detour off the freeway into the historic town of Berrima- no quick stops at Macca's for us classy girls. We checked out some of the lovely old buildings in the town and a few of the shops.

Lovely old courthouse in Berrima 

I resisted the urge to buy one of these cute wooden ducks- I need to save my money for the Gumnut Patisserie!

I liked the ladder hanging up in one of the shops, thought something like that might work at home for the birds. This shop might have been a little dangerous for some of the family budgets, but they all resisted the urge to purchase but I wouldn't be surprised if at some future point this shop became a point of call on a trip to Sydney.

The Gumnut Patisserie is a favourite place of our family and there is an unwritten family law that if heading home to Canberra and the patisserie is open one must make some purchases, and so I had to fulfill that requirement and in the process may have corrupted my fellow travelers- the certainly have some tasty wares! Then it was time to resume our journey and head for home and return to the reality of family life! It was a great little trip away and enjoyed by all.