Beach Daze

 

*

Dress: Aje cotton, gold zipper

Sandals: Birkenstock embossed leather, gold buckles

Bag: Etsy woven straw

Cuff: Thousand Island Dressing gold, semi-precious stones

Ring: Thousand Island Dressing gold, semi-precious stones

*

On the very first day of the school holidays, I'm sharing pictures from a recent day trip to one of my all time favourite destinations in South East Queensland - the Coolangatta/Greenmount/Rainbow Bay area of the beautiful Gold Coast. Despite the overcast weather & any debris left by the recent rain event, it was as magical as ever down by the water & being able to enjoy a long, leisurely walk with toes in the sand followed by a delicious takeaway lunch of fish & chips in the park to celebrate my father's birthday was something truly special after years of staying away due to the pandemic situation. For this welcome trip to my "happy place," I wore a gorgeous white cotton tiered midi dress with shirred bodice, sweet tie straps & exposed gold back zipper from cool-girl Aussie label Aje, a pair of purple & beige embossed leather Birkenstock sandals with oversized gold buckles, a natural woven straw crossbody bag from Etsy to carry all the essentials while keeping my hands free & finally, a matching gold & purple semi-precious stone cuff & cocktail ring set from the delightful Thousand Island Dressing boutique in Paddington.

Scroll down to see how the day unfolded...

About to climb the Greenmount Beach steps to the "mountain walk" wearing a yellow & white floral print cotton sunhat from Ghanda with my oversized, faux tortoiseshell sunglasses from Sportsgirl hooked over the strap of my handbag...

Father & Daughter Portrait on the Sand on his Birthday

Hot & Salty Crumbed Fish & Chunky Chips with Lemon from Tata Gina's at Coolangatta... the ideal fare for a picnic lunch by the sand & the water...

New Farm

*

Dress: Sister Jane via Hummingbird the Shop cotton

Heels: Kitten D'Amour vegan leather

Bag: Country Road vinyl, satin

Brooch: QLD Art Gallery gift shop handmade & handpainted ceramic

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

Bangle Stack: Gift, vintage silver

*

Finally sharing all of the gorgeous pictures from a recent day out in New Farm, browsing around one of our favourite antiquing haunts, New Farm Antique Centre (formerly Commercial Road Antiques) before heading over for a delicious, leisurely lunch & a few cocktails at the delightful Botany Restaurant & Bar at Newstead's gentrified Gasworks precinct. Owing to the rapid re-escalation in Covid cases of late, we stuck to pretty strict (personally imposed) Covid-safe protocols including mask wearing, maintaining social distancing & using a liberal amount of hand sanitizer in the hopes of protecting ourselves as best as we can in these seemingly-interminable circumstances. Both businesses we visited had absolutely no issue with any of this & in fact, we commend Botany for still having tables a safe distance away from one another, in areas where fresh air can flow freely & still requiring vaccination check-ins at the door. 

For the occasion, I donned a gorgeous, fresh yellow & white gingham cotton midi dress with ruffled straps, tiered hemline & shirred bodice with black satin ribbon detailing from Sister Jane via the wonderful Hummingbird boutique in Paddington, a pair of black vegan leather dual buckle heels from Kitten D'Amour that are the brilliant fusion of comfort & style, a black woven satin & vinyl shoulder-bag-turned-crossbody-bag from Country Road to carry all the essentials, a funky, handmade & handpainted ceramic cockatoo brooch from the Queensland Art Gallery gift shop, a vintage silver bangle stack (gifted by some dear friends) & a single vintage silver bangle from the sadly-now-closed 20th Century Antiques & Collectibles at Coolangatta.

Scroll down to see more...

Calamari with Lettuce & Aioli

Crispy Skinned Barramundi on a bed of Mashed Sweet Potato, Crispy Potatoes, Bok Choy & Eggplant

BEST. COCKTAILS. EVER.

Absolutely ADORED my Elderflower Cocktail...

Scroll down for more pictures of the beautiful "greenspace" created in the gentrified Gasworks precinct that truly brings a bit of magic to inner-city Brisbane...