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Beechworth, Victoria Hotels And Close By Attractions

April 6th, 2011 No comments

A trip to Beechworth is just the thing if you are looking for a fun and interesting place to enjoy a romantic getaway. There is a lot to see and do around the town as well as a large variety of Beechworth accommodation to give you a relaxing and romantic trip away: you will find a type of accommodation to meet all budgets and expectations.

Around the little town you will find that there are hotels, motels, cottages and B&Bs that all have a lot to offer the visitor in the way of services. Throughout the year the accommodation that is there often has packages put together to make your stay more affordable.

They say the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, so any couple on a romantic trip away should take advantage of the many different food sensations that are on offer. One of the first stops on your gastronomic tour of the town should be the Beechworth Bakery. This bakery is famous throughout Australia and has a massive range of pies and pastries to satisfy hunger pains.

One of the town’s many excellent restaurants is Sambell’s Bar and Bistro, which is ideally situated in the LaTrobe Gardens on 11 acres of gardens. Here you can try many dishes that are made from local produce and products as well as some of the region’s excellent wines.

No visit to the area would be complete without sampling some of the locally made wines and ales. At the Bridge Road Brewery you can try a number of different brews that are made on the premises and many of them have won international brewing awards. There are also vineyards out of Beechworth that produce and sell to the public some high quality wines: you can organize tasting tours in town.

The town of Beechworth is arguably the best preserved gold mining town in Australia with many heritage trust buildings that you can see and visit. One of these historic buildings is the Beechworth Hospital. Unfortunately, only the grand facade remains, but it is very important as at one time it was the only hospital located between Melbourne and southern New South Wales. You can also visit a number of museums in the area such as the Burke and Carriage Museums, which showcase much of the area’s local history, with a particular focus on the gold mining era.

To send your stress levels packing, you can pay a visit to the Spa at Beechworth, which is ideally located amidst gardens that are more than a century old and in an historical building. There are several different beauty and health treatments that you can have there and restore your energy levels and reignite your romance.

For a romantic trip away with your loved one, Beechworth is a great choice. It has all the elements that you could possibly want or need and a good range of Beechworth accommodation to keep you comfortable during your holiday in the town.

Jasmine Zahara is seen as a highly regarded author with a business office in Beechworth and is well read regarding this region of Australia. Jasmine writes on most provincial Victorian topics and acknowledges Beechworth as one of the most interesting country Australia spots.

How You Can Get Great Camera Shots Too

August 28th, 2009 No comments
by Jamie Anderson

I grew up in a family of photographers. My grandfather used to love to tell the story of how he made his first pinhole camera, and how he stole developing paper from one of the merchants at the Sunday market, and how the owner called after him Ill box your ears in, young lad, Ill box your ears in. I spent hours in my youth, posing for still photographs in the garden, with my brother and sister. It was my sister that inherited his passion and went on to graduate from a photography diploma course, having successfully photographed over 100 door knobs in black and white. Take a nature hike with her and shell stop to photograph unusual plants (she also likes to steal clippings from peoples gardens and replant them!).

Here are a few tips of how to take or appreciate photographs:

1: Follow the natural eye movement from the bottom left corner to the top right corner. This ones from my grandfather, who at my sisters request wrote a how-to guide to take a good picture, for my sister, in his painstakingly meticulous hand-writing. The other day, in the doctors waiting room I tested the reverse, and concluded that I seldom look right-to-left. The idea is to put the focus of attention in the top right-hand corner.

2: Ask permission afterward. About a year ago, I went into a hole-in-the-wall bar/cafe with Richard, a photographer friend of mine, who proceeded to show me a stack of, literally hundreds, of photos, for a business project in mind. He then got out his camera and took the bartenders photo. The bartender was actually not at all pleased with this, and had to be placated. My best people pictures have been taken when the persons not aware that Im about to take their picture. Its more natural, and a lot more fun.

3: Take a cerebral snapshot first. Seasoned globe-trotter and travel writer, Paul Theroux, wrote how once he was in Italy and he saw a dozen white doves spill out of the eaves of a cathedral, but he didn’t have a camera with him to capture the moment. He invites people with cameras to try capture the picture in their mind, and to see if its story-worthy. If you can imagine taking out the snapshot and talking animatedly with friends or other photographers about what you managed to capture, then you’ve got something.

I may not have inherited my grandfathers passion for taking pictures, but I do like the eye for colored doors of quaint town cottages, and for a face of someone who’s lived an interesting life.

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