Violet flowers in Montiville

"If you want to make your dreams come true , the first thing to do is to wake up."

Even though we slept late on the previous night, it wasn't strenuous to get up early in the morning. May be we were enthusiastic about our road trip to "Montiville - The land of violet flowers".

The day was perfect. We started from home at 11.20 in the morning with our packed food and luggage. The traffic was heavy as it was the next day after Christmas. Then slowly the busy streets turned into quiet ones and the buildings on the sides were taken over by farmlands. Yes, we were entering into the premises of Montville, where violet flowers filled our way.

We reached Montville at 2.45 p.m. Montville was a small countryside, majestic and serene. Our booking was for a night, on a treetop resort. Finding the reception of our treetop apartment was a bit confusing. After driving to and fro for a while, we managed to see the signboard of ‘Treetops Seaview, Montville’. The lady at the reception was very welcoming and she gave an outline of our studio apartment. She handed over our gourmet breakfast hampers and wished us a pleasant stay.

It was the ultimate destination. We entered into the mysterious woods, in the midst of where our treetop apartment was situated. The studio apartment was just perfect with a balcony, spa bath, log fire, television and a queen sized bed. How romantic can a two day holiday trip be!!! The view from the balcony was spectacular with the scenic beauty of the surrounding hinterlands.We thought of resting for a while and then going for exploring. To our disappointment, it started raining from nowhere. But, the chilling whether added more beauty to our lovely stay. The stars were shining bright at night. Light wind breezed through our partly opened window.

We woke up early as our check – out time was 9.30 a.m. before leaving, we browsed through the internet to find the nearby places to visit and we landed up with the Kondalilla National park which had great walks, waterfalls and picnic creeks. It was hard to say bye to Montville so soon. So we decided to return back to the countryside after exploring the National park.

We reached the National park after driving through a few unnecessary routes. The GPS always make us go crazy. Perhaps, our visit was during the morning hours that we couldn’t find many people there. It was drizzling, but not enough to make us wet. We both love walking in the rain. We stepped our foot into the wooden walkway and we were welcomed by the dense forest. The signboard clearly said a 40km walk left for us to reach the waterfalls. The walk wasn’t tedious as there were small creeks and beautiful lookouts throughout. The waterfalls were amazing. It looked like ‘God pouring heavy masses of snow from heaven’. After spending some time there, taking few pictures, we started our walk back to the exit. It surely was a remarkable and refreshing experience.

As we decided earlier, we went back to Montville village wherein we thought of travelling over the countryside. There were patisseries, cafes, restaurants, galleries and many more. We had our lunch from an awesome place called ‘Waffle-on’ where not only the food was best but also the owners too. After having lunch we continued our walk, going to most of the shops and finally we reached ‘Chocolate country’. It obviously was a paradise for the chocolate lovers with its handmade delicious chocolates. We bagged some and left from there.

‘A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving’. That was the end of our happy trip to Montville. We were a bit sad leaving the village but was glad to make some memories. We saw the blossomed violet flowers on our way back which made our minds delighted :)