"Hepburn Springs - M ..." a Hepburn Springs Travel Page by cassiejoy42

Saturday afternoon I was pretty excited. Butterflies were flying around in my stomach doing loop-de-loops. I was off to my first VT meet and I was nervous but excited.
I drove to Hepburn Springs from Geelong - not a bad drive - it takes about 50 minutes.
My VT Eyes were taking photos of scenery as I was driving - I told myself I would take lots of photos on the way back as I was in a hurry to get to Hepburn Springs and meet everybody. (On the way back the memory card on my camera was full so I didn't get to take all the photos that I said I would - but there is always another day.)
I arrived at Hepburn at about 5.30 pm and rocked in to the Red Star Cafe only to find that I was an hour and a half early. Tea was booked for seven. So then I went for a drive to find Anne (Anne12) and woke her up from her nap - she was worn out from being a tour guide since Friday evening.
Anne and I chatted and got to know each other a bit - we had never met before. At seven o'clock pm we headed to the Red Star Cafe and people started to arrive.
We had people from Melbourne, Melton, Geelong (me), Wales (UK), Sydney, Hepburn Springs, and Williamstown.
We had a lovely meal followed by much revelry and laughter, photo taking and getting to know each other. Some people had met at previous VT meets and some people had never met anyone before. Andrea (holidayjunkie) is from Wales and she fitted our VT meet in to fit with her holiday and tour of Australia. She is a great person with many funny expressions that made me laugh "Fab" and "bollocks" amongst her expressions.

Anne is well known in Hepburn Springs and I believe she spends a lot of time at the Red Star Cafe. The employer and the employees of the Red Star Cafe all know her well and Anne seems to know many of the locals who come in to the Red Star Cafe.

Anne also took many of us tourists out to another one of her favourite haunts "Lavendula Lavender Farm". This photo shows Anne relaxing at the tea rooms at the Lavender Farm. This was taken on Sunday - some people had already left from the Red Star Cafe after breakfast.

At Lavendula Lavender Farm there are lots of paths and garden beds you can walk along.
At the Lavender Farm we saw lots of flowers (mostly lavenders but many other varieties too), llamas, geese, donkeys, and a shetland pony. There was also an artists residence but that was closed when we visited.
The tea rooms are very nice and all the food and drinks are served fresh - made on the premises.