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Hillcreek Gardens Rooms Pavilion Gardens

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Heart2Heart super loves this new discovery in Alfonso, Cavite! 

Here is the manager and owner of Hillcreek, Maryliz.  This is what is keeping her busy nowadays.  She is very hands on and is on top of every function in the place.  

Maryliz told me that her Mom, Tita Baby Lirio, loves gardening which explains the beautiful gardens inside Hillcreek

As you enter you will see this bridge.  

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A lot of couples have their bridal pictorial here 🙂

The main lobby which is also where the hotel is located

Previous entry:  Hillcreek Gardens Accommodations June 3, 2014

A mini cooper which bridal couples rent as their bridal car 🙂  

Aside from this being formerly the private home of Maryliz and her family,  it used to be a coffee farm and you will still see coffee trees around

I love the feeling of this spot as you enter the lobby.  It feels like a villa in Europe 🙂  

The stairs leading to the main house of Maryliz family

Wedding Packages

Leading to the main Garden

I love the sculptures around the place 

Love! 🙂  Take note of the giant Christmas pine trees.  This is a work of love by the Mom of Maryliz – she really takes care of her garden.  And it was when a family wedding was held here that someone suggested that they should open this garden to the public 

Here are some photos of some of the wedding set ups 

There is another entrance to the garden and it has a separate driveway and entrance for cars

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A chapel where you can hold mass

Grotto

Love this walkway on the side of the garden

Another venue

The Courtyard for Christian/civil wedding or for a cocktail area

Toilet 🙂

Greenhouse of Tita Baby

The Anahaw which can fit 70 people

The Courtyard

The Pavilion which is the indoor venue

Which has a reception area

Cocktail or waiting area

Then the main pavilion

There is ample parking inside Hillcreek Gardens

There are many pocket areas and you have small events like this 🙂

All the staff are trained by our friend, Pauli Porquez Genuin of Etiquette de Manile Previous entry:  Table Manners Made Simple by Pauli Antoine September 26, 2012

Coach Pauli Teaches Etiquette at The Educare Daycare Centers February 28, 2013




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Fish and Chips at Bondi Beach

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James said to google lifeguards Bondi Beach!  Hmmm…..So we walked down the beach to look for them! 🙂  unfortunately none in sight! 

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Instead we went to the main street to look for the best fish and chips.  We did not know which one so we just walked and saw this!

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So we entered!  Even if we were so full from lunch, we just wanted to try it

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Plenty fresh seafood

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WOW!!!
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They have malt vinegar!!  Very important for us to have malt vinegar with fish and chips!! They have salt. pepper and chicken powder!  It’s important to put salt and pepper aside from malt vinegar and here they have chicken powder! 🙂 
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Okay, it was good!! We do not know if it is the best in the city because we have not tried all but this was good even after we had lunch already 🙂
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And we saw this sign too so we ordered to try!
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It’s mostly batter and with lots of oil, so maybe not so healthy then the Mars bar is inside the thick batter.  So you can skip this and just concentrate on the fish and chips! Yum! 🙂  

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Icebergs at Bondi Beach Part 2

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 We are back!  A good reason to go to Bondi Beach since we do not really surf! 🙂

Previous entry:  Icebergs June 25, 2009 

Aside from great food, this time was memorable for us because we finally saw Cameron Diaz!  I took this since she was going the other direction from our table

Previous entry: Hotels in Sydney May 12, 2014  

 James was smarter to await her return and took this 🙂  

Our server

Javier says there are helicopters flying above to check on Bondi Beach for safety and security – watching out for sharks! 🙂  So these must be them









Finally LAMB!!!





Security guards of Cameron Diaz waiting outside the restaurant!  Spotted two photographers / paparazzis like me 🙂 waiting a bit far from the restaurant – they have their zoom lenses anyway 🙂  

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Featherdale Wildlife Park Australia

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About 30 minutes away from the city, we stopped by the Featherdale Wildlife Park on the way to Blue Mountain

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We enjoyed very much this place!! It’s not too overwhelming because it is a small area with lots of animals to see and visit
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Peacocks roaming in the driveway before you enter
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Baby Kangaroo
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Shows
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Our tour guide Lindsay who knew the black cockatoo 🙂  He would call his name and he would fly to him!!! 
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Love love!! Since we were early and the first to enter the park, it was not crowded and we were able to see the animals up close with ease!  Especially the Koalas 🙂  
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You can buy Kangaroo food and feed them
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Spot the cutest kangaroo 🙂 

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Lacoste!!! 🙂 
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As you pass by each part, you stamp your passport 
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Dinner at The Woods

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We of course had dinner here as recommended by the concierge

It’s wood fired everything but there are no pizzas here 🙂  Even the bread is wood fired.   Iggy’s bread and whipped butter

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The “in” thing now – Carpaccio, ceviche, tartare

This was very good, Scallop Carpaccio, per se Caviar and pea tendrils

Braised Lamb Shoulder

Rib eye

Woodgrilled Duck Breast

Aged Sirloin on the bone

Salted Caramel Eclair, cookie crumble and chocolate sorbet


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