Daylesford & Hepburn Springs

Richard was very lucky because for his birthday he got whisked away to Hepburn Springs, a gorgeous little spa town north of Melbourne.

  Rich's birthday prezzie hotel, a Japanese themed guesthouse complete with futon, sand garden, japanese breakfast and banquet dinner on Saturday night. 
The rooms also came with their own Japanese cotton robes. Rich was really pleased with his.
  It also had its own collection of Roos hanging about outside. Either basking in the sunshine or nibbling at shoots. We met a few on the way back from the pub on Friday night, we both stared at each other for a while, Rich maintains they were as interested in us as we were in them, but I think they were just worrying about us stealing their grass.... 
There was also a big gang of Sulphur crested Cockatiels, they're really pretty but a bit of a raucous gang when they turn up somewhere. This is only a small number in the photo, there were around 30 in total in the trees and eating seeds off the floor.