Golden Door

Dreaming of January

October 17, 2010 · 11 comments

With Term 4 hitting hard, uni all a frenzy, who would blame me for starting think of how much leave to take at January, and how escaped I can get in that time?

At the start of this year, my mother took me away to The Golden Door health retreat in Pokolbin. A wonderful week, but always too short…

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While I’d love to go back, I think some place closer, and a little less expensive would be just as nice. I wanted to get away to someplace without mobile reception, maybe a trip to Cedarvale in the Kangaroo Valley would go down well? Bushwalks, massages, vegetarian food, relaxation, and a week or two without internet, caffeine, alcohol, and mobile phones!

Sounds exactly what I need! ;)

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Pasta

Based on a recipe (with a few changes) from the Golden Door Cookbook. Yums!

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Back in Reality

January 23, 2010 · 0 comments

Back in Canberra after five nights at The Golden Door health retreat in Pokolbin…

The Golden Door - Elysia

A week of eating delicious and healthy food, having spa treatments and waking at six for Tai Chi and a brisk 5.4km walk before breakfast :)

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Loved it.

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Yes, I bought the cookbook. I have also not had caffeine (including diet coke!) since the maccas stop on the drive up…

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The rest of my pics are here at Flickr. Maybe if I cut out the diet cokes and coffees, I can afford to go back next year? :p

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Off here for the next week.

Contraband Items
Mobile phones (for use in your room only)
Alcohol
Tobacco
Drugs (not prescription)
Food (they will feed me there, don’t worry!)
Sweets
Coffee/Tea

See you on the other side!

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