Beautiful Day in Boonah

 

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Dress: Shona Joy cotton voile

Anorak: Uniqlo via Vinnies Rosewood coated cotton

Ankle Boots: Renee Loves Frances leather

Bag: Cotton On vinyl

Bangle Stack: Gift, vintage Mexican silver

Bangle: Gift, 20th Century Antiques & Collectibles vintage silver

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Finally sharing all of the gorgeous pictures from a morning spent exploring the small township of Boonah in Queensland's delightful Scenic Rim with my father. Boonah is full of those leisurely country town vibes with its main street containing all the usual amenities (grocery store, pharmacy, doctor, dentist) as well as an old-fashioned department store called Maynards, various boutiques selling clothing, homewares, jewellery, books & vintage knick-knacks & some top notch cafes, pubs & farm produce stores that I was disappointed that I couldn't visit all in one day! After perusing the shops (okay, okay, I may have made a cheeky little Palm Cove dress purchase in the lovely Duck Junction store...) & stopping to admire the views of the mountains, we headed to Flavours Cafe - built in 1916 to serve as offices for the Boonah Butter Factory & sympathetically restored & repurposed for food service in 1999 - with its "relaxed, country-style dining" & enjoyed a delicous winter-warmer meal while sipping piping hot coffee (well, myself anyway) & sitting in the sunshine of the courtyard with its avocado plants & strawberry vines.

For the occasion, I wore a sweet blue & white ditsy floral print cotton voile midi dress with voluminous sleeves, tight elasticated waistline & embroidered yoke detailing from Australian label Shona Joy, styled up with a navy coated cotton Uniqlo anorak that I picked up from Vinnies Rosewood for the princely sum of $5, a pair of tan leather ankle boots from Renee Loves Frances that I've had for many years now that just keep getting better & better with age & a blue vinyl slouch handbag from Cotton On to carry all the essentials. When it came to jewellery, I chose some favourites - a stack of vintage Mexican silver bangles that some dear friends brought back for me from overseas & a single vintage silver bangle from 20th Century Antiques & Collectibles (formerly of Coolangatta, now Tweed Heads in a smaller location) that my brother gave me as birthday gift a few years ago.

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