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Goodie goodie gumdrops! Only four more sleeps and we are off on our very special road trip as part of the Renault Koleos test drive experience.
For those of you who haven’t a clue what I’m rambling on about – our lucky duck nuclear unit is testing out a family-friendly Koleos for a whole month, and we also get to do a road trip (our choice was Sydney) to see how this baby travels on the run. Boy, am I itching for the kids to give their aviation-style flip up tables (pictured) a whirl.
I must admit, I’m hugely excited about this trip. I spent seven years living in Sydney – in all the lux spots we couldn’t possibly afford to live in now, like Kirribilli, Manly and Bondi Junction – and it’s been many years since I’ve spent any great amount of time there. Although I’m now a Melbourne girl through-and-through (albeit one living in the nation’s capital), I must admit I have an awfully deep infatuation with Sydney and I’m quite beside myself to introduce our kids to this amazing town once and for all.
To make this long weekend getaway into something scrumptious and fun, we are embarking on an It’s a Sweet Life trip – cruising from Canberra to the Sydney CBD via every delicious eatery and sweets shops we can find. Yes, our family are sugar-coated-sweet-tooths – and we’ll be reporting on every delectable morsel we find to make this trip lip-smacking. If we could have ourselves chocolate-dipped, we certainly would.
We’ll also be paying visit to the top Sydney kid-friendly attractions. It’s been a loooong time since I’ve frequented these haunts (Luna park was out of service for most of the years I lived in town) and it will be interesting to see how the aquarium and zoo and Manly Wharf and Bondi and such have changed. We may even find some sweet treats in these spots, too.
On top of all this, it will be interesting seeing Sydney through the eyes of a parent as opposed to a club-hopping, yacht-cruising, beach-baking funster. Kings Cross, which was the apple of my eye in its glory days, will now be completely off-limits. We will instead be haunting all places hip and kiddified this time round – and let me tell you, kid-spots are the hippest locales on the planet nowadays. Even the adults scrabble to go.
It will be fun to test out the Koleos more intensely, too – I’ve been zigging and zagging around town and have made some notes I want to report on already, but will save revealing more for the journey ahead. I’m really enjoying this car and I hope she is also enjoying our family – even though she was treated to a fine slick of red mud only days after delivery – thank you Sydney/Canberra dust storms.
Now, our Koleos is all spick and span and ready to roll this Saturday. Be watching for more posts on how our Sweet Life journey unfolds… I’m already on a traveller’s sugar high.
The Renault Koleos is priced from around AU$34,985* drive away. To book a test drive visit the website http://renault.com.au/book-a-test-drive/
If you’re in the market for a new car, just print off a copy of this page, take it to your local Renault dealer and you’ll receive a $500 voucher to Myer, Baby Co., or Anaconda upon purchase of a new Renault Koleos.