For this year, we chose a more relaxed and spontaneous anniversary getaway.
On the morning of our anniversary, we started a 3-day road trip to experience the Grand Pacific Drive, a drive from Sydney's Royal National Park to the south coast area of New South Wales. I will tell you more about it soon (with more photos!! hehe). For now, let me share with you snippets of the things we saw and enjoyed on the day we celebrated our 3rd year together.
Not-so-early in the morning, we drove down to Royal National Park to see Garie Beach.
Then we headed down to Bald Hill and had lunch inside the car. Had an ice cream for dessert as we are mesmerized by all the beautiful scenery below us. It was beautiful.
Next stop was Sea Cliff Bridge, spend a few minutes there to take photographs.
Then off we went to Wollongong, our home base for two nights.
After we checked-in at the hotel, we just rested a bit then went out to have afternoon tea. We walked along the streets of the CBD and found this pretty boutique cafe called Lee and Me. We had a cake and coffee. There was a kebab place beside it and since I was pretty hungry from the traveling and heat (one of those hottest days in NSW that time) I bought a chicken kebab (a.k.a Shawarma)
After our yummy afternoon tea, we walked around some more looking for a resto to have dinner at later. We didn't have any reservations anywhere--no idea whatsoever on where to eat. We wanted to play it by ear and just follow our senses (the way we mostly did when we went to Melbourne for last year's celebration). After an hour and a half of walking, we found nothing--nothing that we liked. We went to the hotel and decided it was time to look online.
We decided to have dinner at Harbourfront Restaurant. We came in with no reservations but thank God, we were accommodated and even got a table with a great view of the small lighthouse and sailboats. We loved it! :) And the food was delicious. I would go back here just for their rib eye steak (will share in a separate post).
After dinner, we sat by the harbour and enjoyed the serenity around us and the cool breeze that night. We went back to the hotel and since it was still pretty early, we sat by the bar and had wine and talked some more.
It was a great day for an anniversary celebration: the roadtrip, the sunny weather, the amazing sceneries we saw, the fun drive, the restaurants we discovered, the delicious food we ate and the time spent together. We are grateful not just on "our day" but everyday that we are experiencing this wonderful journey called Marriage. :)
For more photos of our 3rd anniversary celebration, please check them all here: Our 3rd Anniversary
