点评:We went to Airlie Beach for the first time for a milestone birthday week holiday.
I rang the Information Centre from Sydney beforehand to get some tips on where to stay, what to see, where to go to make best use of our days up there. It was my luck to have the lovely DEA (Visitor Services Manager) pick up the phone! Delightful, welcoming, informative, knowledgeable. In the more than 45 minutes on the phone, I felt like I had made a new friend. So much so, in fact, that during our stay up there, on the way back from an excursion, we made a diversion just so we could visit the Centre and meet Dea in person!
Don't be fooled by the Centre's small, modest and humble appearance on the outside. And the three photos on their website don't do the place justice, either!
This Aladdin's Cave has:
* a mini farm, with alpacas, goats, pigs and poultry - free of charge;
* an aviary with so many varieties of feathered friends - free of charge;
* an open-air cafe with lush staghorns and fernery - and gorgeous parrots!;
Speaking of the cafe, how about THIS! The beans from which your coffee is made are grown and roasted on the premises! Next to the car park is an unfenced coffee plantation, and within the cafe is a floor-to-ceiling coffee bean roaster. So you can literally have a photo standing next to the coffee trees, with the growing beans in one hand, and your favourite brew in the other - as we did. So unique!
Not to be outdone by the coffee growers, there are beehives on a hill at the back of the property, the honey from which is also sold at the cafe!
Who would think that visiting the Information Centre would have been one of my happiest memories of my stay, but it truly was! And that speaks volumes about Dea.
翻译:我们第一次去艾尔利海滩,度过了一个重要的生日周假期。
我事先从悉尼给信息中心打了电话,询问在哪里住宿、看什么、去哪里玩,以便充分利用在那里的时光。我很幸运,可爱的 DEA(游客服务经理)接了电话!令人愉快、热情、信息丰富、知识渊博。在电话里超过 45 分钟的时间里,我感觉自己交了一个新朋友。事实上,在我们在那里停留期间,在从一次短途旅行回来的路上,我们绕道去了中心,以便亲自参观中心并见到 Dea!
不要被中心外表的小巧、朴素和谦逊所欺骗。他们网站上的三张照片也不能完全展现这个地方的魅力!
这个阿拉丁洞穴有:
* 一个迷你农场,里面有羊驼、山羊、猪和家禽——免费;
* 鸟舍里有各种各样长着羽毛的朋友 - 免费;
* 露天咖啡馆里有茂盛的鹿角蕨和蕨类植物 - 还有漂亮的鹦鹉!;
说到咖啡馆,就来这里吧!制作咖啡的咖啡豆都是在店内种植和烘焙的!停车场旁边是一个没有围栏的咖啡种植园,咖啡馆里有一个从地板到天花板的咖啡豆烘焙机。所以你可以站在咖啡树旁拍照,一手拿着正在生长的咖啡豆,另一手拿着你最喜欢的咖啡 - 就像我们一样。太独特了!
为了不被咖啡种植者打败,酒店后面的山上还有蜂巢,蜂巢里的蜂蜜也在咖啡馆出售!
谁会想到参观信息中心会是我住宿期间最快乐的回忆之一,但事实确实如此!这充分说明了 Dea 的魅力。