Fresh air, good vibes, gorgeous nature all around, charming town centres with food and attractions that come hand in hand – what better way to spend Easter??

Lunch @ 2773

First tummy stop for lunch – this place is a HUGE HIT with the long-weekend crowd, we were on the wait list for about half an hour (thank God our stomachs could still hold out) but service was friendly and attentive, with plenty of space to roam about 🙂

Fun, family and pet-friendly, chillax vibe – what a way to kickstart our short break!!

Pulled pork pizza with red pepper, onion, avocado, sour cream, corn chips. You can’t see the pulled pork here (my bad, didn’t wait to take better pic due to hunger) but its underneath all that corn chips and sour cream.

Smoky, melt-in-your-mouth, pulled-pork-goodness, topped with that undeniably perfect combination of crunchy corn chips with sour cream? Bliss! Apart from that, had to say I was a little disappointed the pizza wasn’t as warm as I’d like it :s which was a little odd to me, as it was quite a warm day…but oh well!

Another pork dish – slow roasted pork this time. This dish won me over because of its apple jam and cheddar combo – OOOH BABY! You can taste the tart sweetness of that apple, mixed in with the juicy tenderness of the meat, and the cheddar was the perfect glue to both flavours. The crunchy slaw marinated with all of the above mentioned elements mmMMM….I will just leave it to your imagination! One thing though, they were very oily, the wedges even more so than the jaffles – so I wished they had dialled down on the deep fry! Lucky for us, our lil “personal trainer” kept us busy running after her at the spacious backyard kids’ playground so it was quite an exercise!

Dinner @ Springwood Thai Kitchen

A car ride (albeit a short 1.5 hour one) with a baby in tow is not an entirely easy feat, especially when all 3 of us were coming down with cold. We were a little more mentally prepared this time, compared to our last little family outing to Forster (5 hours car ride one way, as opposed to 3 hours  /(o___0″)\  due to Josie simply not wanting to stop screaming on her seat, plus the traffic……)  but toward the end of the day after enjoying Josie’s laughter, and enduring her tantrums, we were almost at our wits’ ends. After finding our accomodation and checking in at 11.30am (the process was FAR from being breezy – hotel was locked out, we spent half hour looking for someone..some WAY to get in, was met with less than friendly staff, found out that said hotel had NO LIFTS, had to lug ourselves, baby and bags up 3 flights of stairs….), we settled ourselves and rested a little while before dinner. Moods quite low by this time due to crankiness and hunger, a quick Google search of ” Springwood quick eats ” led us to this haven that quickly lightened our mood and ended our first night perfectly ❤ thank the Lord~!

The lovely Thai ladies who warmly welcomed us made me feel like we were totally meant to be in the right place, at the right time (yes it was that kinda day…)

Food was delicious and served promptly, service was friendly and welcoming – what a perfect way to end our day, thank you Springwood Thai Kitchen, you have certainly made our day much better, fed us with good food and sent us to bed smiling, our tummies full 🙂