Sally knows someone who had a rented out cottage on Phillip Island - they were going for the weekend and asked me & macky if we wanted to go along for the Saturday/night.
Sal had told me when they arrived on the Friday not to expect much, and that it was similar to our chalet in Withernsea, which is on the Costa Del Humberside coast. (known by me as a teen as The Shltty Chalet - sorry mum & dad, fine as a kid, not as a 15 year old!!) But it really wasnt that bad, there was a 2 inch gap under the front door which made it a bit cool (read cold) on an evening, none of the curtains met in the middle, but it was clean and comfy.
We met at the Phillip Island Chocolate Factory at about 10ish on the Saturday and had lotsa fun seeing how chocolate was made, or rather the fun was in trying out all the samples. At the end you could make your own chocolate, I made a dark chocolate with wasabi - which had a certain kick to it! Yummo!
In the afternoon we headed over to the motorbike grandprix, where the boys all went go-carting around the track. Louise was too young, so Sally said if I wasnt bothered about doing it, should we say it was a "boys only" activity, this went against my equality tendancies, but when I saw Louises bottom lip we went along with it. Benjamin was in Simons side car and those 2 & Macky went round and round for about 20 minutes - they really enjoyed it. We'll probably head back again when Louise is old enough, we'll tell her times have changed since 2009.
By then it was time for a coffee in a open fired cafe in Cowes to warm up, a fish n chip feast, then home to the shack for duvet on the sofa, tea and hot water bottles!
Sunday was Mothers Day here so there were presents for Sally then we headed off to the beach, then onto 'The Nobbies' a national park with a rugged coastline and lots of wildlife.
After a drive back over to Cowes with a pic nic, sit out and play, we headed back home to see what our grown up kids had been up to. Fortunately no wild parties.
Phillip Island is just under a 2 hour drive from Melbourne - connected to the mainland by a short bridge. A really nice little holiday destination.
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