http://www.high-tea.com.au Where to partake of the finest experience Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:10:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last week I spent a day in the waiting room while Ford mended my car - I came prepared with a book, my lunch, a mug and a handful of tea bags, as I knew it would take them a while to do the work, but to my surprise I ... http://www.high-tea.com.au/116/best-cup-of-tea-ever/ I was in Melbourne for a conference recently, and some of the other ladies and I (I don't care what the boys say - we are ladies and if they deny it one more time its a stiletto right through the foot!) decided that what we needed between sessions was ... http://www.high-tea.com.au/113/where-a-girl-goes-collingwood/ The children were left to enjoy their father's boundless care the other week when I popped out with some girlfriends. We had a plan! High Tea at Franklin Villa! and a magnificent plan it was! We had booked 4 weeks before hand to be sure we got in - its very ... http://www.high-tea.com.au/66/franklin-villa-highgate-hill/ Room with Roses is one of the most adorable venues I have ever had the pleasure to attend. The decor is delightful - you really feel as if you have been wafted back to the 1800s. I had an urge to rush off and find a long dress to wear! ... http://www.high-tea.com.au/68/room-with-roses-brisbane/ We spent a few years living in Adelaide until a while back, and we still go back to visit occasionally. Its a hot, dry place, but the people are lovely and we have some special friends that we just have to catch up with occasionally. On our last trip, a friend took ... http://www.high-tea.com.au/56/cupcake-boutique-aldinga/ Not many people know this, but Joseph Alexanders, a very nice restaurant and bar down Milton way, also does a high tea. I sometimes wonder if I should share this stuff. Will more people knowing about my favourite haunts make them busier and cause a problem for me, or will more people ... http://www.high-tea.com.au/63/joseph-alexander-milton/ Some months back we were out and about caching in the afternoon, when we just had to stop for something. We were out west near Mt Glorious, and spotted Maiala Rainforest Teahouse. We had seen it several times while toodling over the mountains (sometimes it seems quicker to cross Mt Glorious ... http://www.high-tea.com.au/72/maiala-rainforest-teahouse-mt-glorious/ Batavia is the cutest little venue - I have been there a number of times, mostly when forced to sit through an interminable children's film. Ok, ok, I admit it - Wall-e was cute and I enjoyed it! But that isn't getting the kids out of having to behave through ... http://www.high-tea.com.au/54/batavia-south-brisbane/ Most years at Christmas we visit family in Sydney. Most years, I take the opportunity to sneak away and have some time away from the kids - they are having a ball with their cousins anyway. To my husband's horror, I have this stirling ability to find a High Tea establishment ... http://www.high-tea.com.au/6/gunners-barracks-mosman/ We were reminiscing last night about some of our better expeditions, and our last trip to Stanthorpe, a lovely area in the QLD Granite Belt winery district, came up, so I thought I would share the delightful little high tea establishment we found Just north of Stanthorpe, in Thulimbah is Bella ... http://www.high-tea.com.au/41/bella-rosa-stanthorpe/