Win Free Accommodation in Gippsland!
Following my posts last week on our short-break in Gippsland, I am really excited to announce that Destination Gippsland and Nuffnang are offering you the chance to win free accommodation at the Blerick Country Retreat Luxury Cottages in Neerim South, Gippsland!!!
{image credit: Blerick Country Retreat}
As I mentioned previously, the Gippsland region is only an hour drive out from Melbourne. You can leave early on a Saturday and spend the day visiting lots of lovely places (like I encountered in Drouin, Yarragon, Darnum and Warragul), spend the night at Blerick, and then soak in more good stuff on the Sunday before making the short drive home.
If you are interested in the competition, please read on!
To enter, here’s what you need to do:
Visit the Destination Gippsland website and tell us what your ideal Craft/Family/Food Gippsland adventure is in a blog post (on your blog). Then, leave a comment on this post with a link to your Gippsland post and I’ll choose the best post to win a night at Gippsland!
Don’t have a blog?
No problem! Just leave your entry as a comment on this post!
Eligibility:
This competition is only open to Victorian all Australian residents. The winner will be responsible for all expenses relating to travel to/from Blerick Country Retreat.
The Prize:
One night accommodation at the beautiful Blerick Country Retreat Luxury Cottages in Neerim South (for 2 people)!!!
Competition Duration:
You’ll have 3 weeks from today to write and publish your post on your blog (or leave your entry as a comment on this post if you don’t have a blog). All entries need to be posted up and links to your entry left as a comment on this post by noon on the 28th of August. The winner will be announced on this blog on the 31st of August.
Looking forward to reading your entries.
Happy new week all!
August 10th, 2009 at 11:50 am
Hey Jho,
Thank you so much for those wonderful write ups on the Gippsland region. It is great to know such beautiful attractions exist only 1 hour out of Melbourne, and this is such a viable alternative to the usual tourist attractions (e.g. Grampians, Great Ocean Road), which are much further away.
For the crafter, it sounds like a haven as well with lots of artistic and crafty things to keep you occupied. In fact, I think it would be a perfect destination to spend a week – one could take advantage of the peace and quiet to work on their hobbies, and also take short trips to visit the attractions.
For the family, I think there would be plenty of interesting things such as horses and alpacas to keep the little ones entertained.
Anyway, Gippsland is definitely on the todo list – thanks again!
Julian
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August 10th, 2009 at 4:07 pm
Great giveaway Jho!!! I would love a week in the Gippsland region! I’ve always wanted to visit Walhalla, just for the name alone – LOL. Yarragon would be another place we’d love to visit as I love antiques and bric-a-brac stores and hubby loves the gourmet wines and produce (okay, so do I). We’d definitely check out farmers markets too, and maybe the alpaca farm for the kids.
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August 12th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
aww just read it was only open for Victorians! And I was actually hoping to hit the Gippsland later this year. Still am! And I’m sure I’ll blog about it :p
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August 12th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
hi Jhoanna!
unfortunately i don’t have a blog but i would still love to enter this great competition!
as we live in inner city melbourne, i long for the opportunity to get my two boys, 15 months & 3 & a half, out into nature! unfortunately i don’t have my drivers license so i can’t take them too far.
the Blerick Country Retreat Luxury Cottages sound absolutely fantastic and look gorgeous too! the main thing i’d LOVE to do is take the kids to Gunbuya Park to see the native animals and also to wear them out on the rides (guaranteeing a good night’s sleep for all!).
the other thing i’ve been longing to do is take the bigger kid for a pony/horse ride and i see from the photos on the Blerick Country Retreat website that they have horses (and cows!) there so maybe, just maybe…
by the way, i don’t know why i’ve got a bee in my bonnet about horse riding for the kid as i’ve had three “incidents” ranging from horse galloping up sand dunes and me screaming the entire way as i could not get it to stop (no falling), second incident involved the horse from hell and did involve falling, to the third experience where we have horse galloping up hill on wine farm (hard clay road) with me screaming (again) and falling in what seemed like slow motion as the stirrups came away from the saddle (are you kidding me?!) and doing a head over bum twice ending in a not-so-graceful pile next to a grape vine. needless to say i had to go to the doctor (a half hour drive away) and have stitches in my head (i still have a lovely bump) followed by the worst pain after childbirth/labour, a tetanus injection! and i’m pretty sure i had concussion after all that too but i don’t remember (probably because i bashed my brain so hard on the ground) :D WOO HOO!
anyway! i’d love to win this holiday for my little family – they need nature and so do i so please, please consider us for this fantastic prize?
thanks Jhoanna!
:) Candice
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