As you may know, it’s not like us to rest on our laurels… not that I have any type of concept what that truly means… however aside from the conference, our niece’s 18th birthday, winning a composing competition as well as moving house, we’ve likewise taken a fantastic chance to go to yet one more part of Australia that neither of us has ever been before.

This week just gone, we checked out the Yarra region in Victoria to inspect out a new hotel in the town of Marysville. Marysville made the news for the worst possible reason in 2009 when a ferocious wildfire swept with the area destroying whatever in its path.

We were interested to see exactly how things were going in this hardy yet picturesque part of the world.

We likewise had the honour of accompanying our buddy Nikki Parkinson from StylingYou.com.au to the Telstra service Awards, of which she was a finalist.

Anyway, we won’t provide any type of a lot more away. Here’s our week with Instagram!

It’s the last week of the Archibald prize exhibition in the Art Gallery of NSW, so we’ve lastly discovered a spare couple of hours to inspect out the art. There are some incredible pieces right here however I do rather such as this odd bit of sculpture by the superbly named Karl de Waal.

This picture isn’t on our Instagram feed (yet) however I do like the depth of focus you get as well as just the oddness of the artist’s concept.

This afternoon we satisfied with the extremely personable Nick from Zomato – formerly metropolitan Spoon. He’s provided us this extraordinary muffin from Nutorious, who make all type of incredible nut-based delicacies. This is a glazed nut as well as raspberry muffin with a caramel as well as peanut butter injection!

I know!

Image courtesy of @theremarksgroup.
Tonight – despite my earlier muffin gobbling exploits – I’ve handled to capture into my fit for this black tie awards ceremony. Nikki from StylingYou.com.au has invited Mrs romance as well as myself, as well as a few others from The Remarkables group to the Telstra service Awards.

It feels a bit like being at the Oscars with exceptional food as well as white wine being served as well as some incredible speakers providing keynotes.

We’ve lastly made it down to the Yarra to inspect out the vibe hotel that opened in Marysville in March this year.

We were keen to see what’s ended up being of this ill-fated bit town ever considering that a horrible bushfire destroyed so lots of lives as well as buildings in what people refer to now as Black Saturday 7th February 2009.

Marysville as well as its people have proven to be amazingly take on as well as resilient, as well as the town is absolutely back on the up. The vibe hotel feels like it’s always been part of the town, which is a testament to its design. as well as of course, it’s extremely comfortable.

Anyway, we’ve headed just a bit method out of town to see the Steavenson Falls. These 84-metre high falls are rather magnificent… as well as likewise provide us the chance to play with our Olympus cam a bit too. This shot’s taken with a 0.5 second aperture speed. That’s what’s made the water look all soft as well as white. Nice, ay?

This morning, we’ve come to feed the fish. This is the Buxton Trout as well as Salmon farm in Buxton the next town along from Marysville. right here you can either just feed the fish or really fish for them as well as take what you catch away for dinner.

We’ve made a decision a whole salmon may be a bit as well much for us to eat, however feeding them in this gorgeous setting is extremely relaxing.

On the say-so of Phil, the Vibe’s manager, we’ve popped into the Lolly shop in Marysville, where you can get fresh bread. This olive sourdough is superb. From the Buxton fish farm we’ve chosen up a smoked trout fillet as well as some salmon pate, as well as we’ve driven out of town to a rather bit picnic area in the forest.

This is truly what it indicates to go to the Yarra. The freshest create in the most gorgeous surroundings.

There are lots of incredible roads around this part of country Victoria. This road into Marysville, with the towering trees as well as greed fields is photo perfect, however the road over the mountains called the Black Spur is a genuine roller coaster. It’s worth coming right here just for the drive!

Tonight we’ve made a decision to go local. The Buxton hotel – or ‘The Bucky’ as it’s understood – has a fantastic feel to it. It’s likewise got some interestingly named brews available. I might barely look the barwoman in the eye when I bought an upset Cock cider, however it’s worth the blush.

This cider’s 100% grown as well as made in the Yarra, as well as it’s worryingly drinkable.

The food at The Bucky’s likewise quite popular. My poultry parmigiana is massive as well as delicious… as well as it appears like my chips are rather appealing too, doesn’t it. Mrs romance never stops working to area an chance to nick my food when I’m distracted!

Stolen food does taste much better though.

Even Hair romance is in on the action right here in the Yarra. It’s quite unusual to get weather condition such as this in Victoria this time around of the year, so we’re making the most of it. as well as why not, when the view’s as great as that…

How was your weekend? What’s the rudest drink you’ve ever bought? tell us in the comments!

Images by Mr as well as Mrs romance by means of Instagram: @MrAndMrsRomance, @HairRomance, @Christina.Butcher – Mrs R’s Insta account as well as @AngryBastard of course!