Well, any great things in life have to come to an end. Then, move on. We have no choice. A new thing in life will come to us, or rather, we'll make it happen, and we should be able to embrace it. Such is a joy and sorrow in life.
Paul & Pauline at Cloud Mountain Retreat are wonderful host. Very generous and kind.
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Architect-designed building offers a fantastic and relaxing spacetime. Reminiscent of the Eames House in California. Also, they have a great sense of interior decoration. It truly is a lovely place.
It's also next to The Arboretum and offers an awesome view of Grampians.
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I was very lucky to have come across with them through AirB&B. I'll definitely come back.
On my way to Ballarat, I decided to stop over at Willaura. Greg had told me that this is where Streeton painted one of famous views of Grampians.
Unfortunately it was raining and I couldn't see much, so I set up my easel under a roof of a house across a petro shop.
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Some neighbors came around and we had a good chat. I didn't have much time, so, this is a small sketch.
I spent 1.5 hours.
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Then I drove to Art Gallery of Ballarat to see Archibald Prize exhibition.
I loved Marcus Wills, Chris Browne, Natasha Bieniek, Lewis Miller...
They're all familiar names.
I spent half an hour or so upstairs. There're two Hugh Ramsay and one Max Meldrum. That's nice.
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Well, I'm back in Melbourne now. Still raining...
It was my first trip to Grampians. So refreshing and relaxing. I needed it.
It's certainly different when you're on your own.
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