This day consisted of a lot of swimming and lying around the pool. We booked a late dinner with a plan to have a drink at Potato Head Beach Club .
What a great venue. It has an air of anticipation with a long drive beautifully planted and lit along the sides. Then it opens out to this amazing facade. It's about 3 stories high and curved a bit like a sports stadium - and yes its all multi-coloured timber shutters.
On entering it was a gentle sloping corridor up to the 1st floor again shutters on both sides.
On arrival to the 1st floor it opened out to be a semi circle of building that was predominantly open walled. There was a wide expanse of lawn then about 24 king size day beds with people lounging around. Then beyond the day beds a little more lawn before the sand and sea. To one side were 3 pools. Two smaller and a large with a swim up bar with seats for at least a dozen ppl. In all it was around an acre of space.
We took a seat, ordered cocktails from the extensive menu and relaxed for an hour. This photo of the kids looks filtered but the lens of the camera kept fogging up with condensation.
From there we headed to Sardine for dinner. Again I booked this restaurant from Melbourne. Its very popular and certainly lived up to its reputation. The menu was predominantly seafood. Mitchell & Sh Shi with their cocktails. Note the prawn attached to the celery!
The restaurant was at the front of a deep block of land. It was a typical building here, high thatched roof and mostly no walls. We got a great table, elevated and looking the depth of the block. The block had been completely planted as a rice paddy.
There were a couple of sculptured 'scarecrows' in the paddies.
Leading from the restaurant was a couple of paths to a small daybed under a roof.
Ashleigh & Mark chatting and looking back at the resaurant, before dessert.
On entering it was a gentle sloping corridor up to the 1st floor again shutters on both sides.
On arrival to the 1st floor it opened out to be a semi circle of building that was predominantly open walled. There was a wide expanse of lawn then about 24 king size day beds with people lounging around. Then beyond the day beds a little more lawn before the sand and sea. To one side were 3 pools. Two smaller and a large with a swim up bar with seats for at least a dozen ppl. In all it was around an acre of space.
We took a seat, ordered cocktails from the extensive menu and relaxed for an hour. This photo of the kids looks filtered but the lens of the camera kept fogging up with condensation.
From there we headed to Sardine for dinner. Again I booked this restaurant from Melbourne. Its very popular and certainly lived up to its reputation. The menu was predominantly seafood. Mitchell & Sh Shi with their cocktails. Note the prawn attached to the celery!
The restaurant was at the front of a deep block of land. It was a typical building here, high thatched roof and mostly no walls. We got a great table, elevated and looking the depth of the block. The block had been completely planted as a rice paddy.
There were a couple of sculptured 'scarecrows' in the paddies.
Leading from the restaurant was a couple of paths to a small daybed under a roof.
Ashleigh & Mark chatting and looking back at the resaurant, before dessert.
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