Melbourne! Day 8: Cherry Haven and Yarra Glen Chocolates

I shared the bed with Zaky for the night. Even without aircon, it was cooling and nice. I didn't set my alarm properly and I got up later than usual. I decided to use my foldable yoga mat, that I especially bought for travel, to do my kickboxing hit. 

新开张. Daddy Lim was very amused that I bought this and brought this to the trip. Lalalalala. At least I put it to use. 

Bcos I was late, Auntie S took care of bfast, frying eggs and bacons for us. I volunteered the washing. The fridge was well stock with eggs, bread, jam, cheese, butter, bacon and milk. We were very well fed. 

We decided that we would do cherry picking again and then to visit the chocolate place. The host had nicely recommended a list of places to visit and some are a distant away. 

Cherry Haven is like literally next door. Unfortunately, cherry picking is not free but at AUD18 per adult and AUD9 for kids under 13. However, we can pick and eat as much as desired and whatever cherries to pack home is at AUD14/ kg. 

Let's go! Each of this pail can fill 5 - 7kg of cherries. 

There were rows and rows of cherry trees. Ladders were provided too for the cherries on top of the tree. Zaky is not a cherry eating fan and contributed by picking the cherries for me to eat. Hoho. Look how hard he worked.

The rest of us also worked very hard to fill our tummies. 

So many cherries. Rows and rows of cherry tress. Daddy Lim said that the cherries here were a lot more ripe compared to Naturipe. The cherries were a lot more darker and sweeter too.

These are how unripe cherries look like. 

As you can see, the sky was really bright. Yes, it was very hot. For the 1st time since we arrived, we were in shorts and without jackets. We even perspire while picking cherries and were fighting over the cap/ hat. 

After about an hour of cherry eating, we headed to our 2nd destination - chocolates! 

We had been to a similar outlet in Perth actually. There were some activities but we didn't participate and instead ended up just chocolate shopping. We spent AUD100 on chocolates. Hohoho. 

Then spent some more $$ on ice cream. Look at the selection!

The kids were very happy. 

I don't know why Zaky still eats like that at 12 YO. Lol. 

There was an open field and my frisbee finally came in useful. We were just worried about sun burnt.

We decided to leave for lunch after some running around. I think I was busy on my phone for work and was told that we would be heading for KFC. KFC sounded fine and the next moment, I realised that we had driven to Lilydale, which was the direction towards our accommodation, when we could explore Yarra Valley more. Too late le, fill tummy 1st. 

KFC was not exactly expensive but their chicken pieces were so tiny. The chickens back at the Airbnb are like 3x bigger. 

The adults then googled very hard on what's next. The kids didn't really care. We decided that the weather was too hot to do anything much and maybe the park (with water playground) near to our accommodation would be a good option. 

We did visit the park on the way back. The intention was to pop by to check that it was opened then head back for the swimming gear before popping back again. The kids violently objected to the water park bcos it is really a toddler play area. We ended up hidig from the heat in the Airbnb instead. I didn't care; the intention to the park was to hide from the heat anyway and if we can achieve likewise in the Airbnb, so be it. I benefited from an afternoon nap. Hoho. 

Come evening, we went to tabao pizza and soup for dinner, as well as some ham from the supermarket as it would be an early morning the next day and ham can be easily microwaved. We came back in time for the feeding. Round 2 start!

We fed the animals before feeding ourselves and then it was packing again before we turned in for the night. 

Good night!

Mummy Lim