Aquabelle apartments in RyeYou might remember the gorgeous St Kilda home of Donna Zimbardi and family, which I shared here back in January. Today Donna has a very special giveaway to share with Design Files readers which I hope might take the edge of this gloomy winter weather we’re having!
Donna and her family own and run the Aquabelle Apartments in Rye – 3 contemporary holiday apartments which overlook Rye Beach on the Mornington Peninsula. Each apartment is super generous is size, and is ideal for families or groups, with an option of either 2 or 3 bedrooms. The spaces have been perfectly furnished and styled by Donna herself, and come with all the little details you would expect – luxury toiletries in the bathrooms, fully appointed kitchen and laundry, heating / air con, broadband internet and Foxtel etc!
Donna has teamed up with her friend Natasha at Blu Moose to offer a very generous girly weekend away for 4 people at Aquabelle this winter!
Valued at over $1000 – the prize includes :
- 2 nights accommodation for 4 girls (or a family!) at Aquabelle on Rye Beach.
- 4 pairs of snuggly Blu Moose slippers or ballet slippers (you choose your favourite style!)
- 2 bottles of wine, basket of Tim Tims, and a library of DVDs at your disposal for a true chick-flick fiesta!
This is the most generous prize ever offered for a Design Files giveaway! Wouldn’t it be wonderful to pack your favourite books / magazines, grab your closest friends and head down the coast for a weekend all to yourselves?!
Cosy Blu Moose slippersThe winner can book any weekend between now and end of September 2010, subject to availability.
YOU HAVE ONE WEEK TO ENTER!
- Leave a comment on this post before midnight Sunday June 13th 2010. (one entry per person only please!)
- Ensure your comment either contains your email address, or a link back to your own site so I can easily get in touch if you are the lucky winner!
- Be ready to book in your prize anytime between now and the end of September 2010.
HUGE thanks to Donna and to Natasha for this brilliant prize! Be sure to visit the Aquabelle website for more pics and information, and the Blu Moose website to check out Natasha’s super cosy slippers, designed right here in Melbourne.









amazing!!! how awesome would this be… [email protected]
what a great prize! :)
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ooh lovely…
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Lovely! Thanks for the opportunity.
Cheers,
Suzanne
Gorgeous! How perfect is that prize??
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Fabulous! Sounds like the ideal getaway. With slippers to boot!
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Ohhh…so need one of those breaks round about now. Fingers crossed!
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Love the ballet slippers in pink & the moose head design :)
oh, that prize, sounds like heaven! i'm keeping everything crossed, which i think is going to get rather uncomfortable but i'm willing to stick it out…tee hee – bec
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hi Lucy.. am working like a mad thing [good fun tho] and would LOVE this weekend away, what a bonus! xx
Im dreaming right now !
looks like the perfect winter retreat…
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YAY!!! Gorgeous, fun prize. Anything to shrug off the winter blues.
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what an amazing prize, would be the perfect weekend!
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How incredible….. what a generous and gorgeous gift!!
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What I wouldn't do to win a weekend away at Aquabelle? Not sure what the clincher is…the divine decor, the sweet slippers or the basket of Tim Tams. What an amazing treat!!
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Driving to Rye with my 3 close girlfriends this Winter for a weekend getaway at Aquabelle woud be AMAZING! Oh pretty please! How delicious it sounds! Happy Monday :)
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What a generous giveaway….and those ballet "slippers" are just gorgeous….I know just the friends I'd invite to come with me…
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Yes! A girly weekend is all I need. and those slippers wouldn't hurt me either…[email protected]
oh those photos look so inviting on a miserable morning like today! hmm.. to take the husband or take some friends??
Pick me! Pick me! I would L.O.V.E. a weekend away with the girls!
oh wow Lucy thank you so much for this! winning would pretty much make my year….
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What an absolutely stunning prize! Thank you for the chance to enter.
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Gorgeous apartments, lovely wine, plus a pair of cosy slippers each! Brilliant!
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Love it! Stunning apartments, cuuuuumfy slippers, tim tams and dvds…. HEAVEN! [email protected]
This sounds and looks beautiful, cozy and relaxing. Please count me in.
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Yay! Yes please!
oh what a spoiler!!!! This is a wonderful gift the only thing bad about it would be not winning it!!! I can see myself, feet up reclining in my blu moose ballet slippers!!! Please universe….slap me with this one!! [email protected]
fantastic prize! and a fantastic beach house! love those slippers too! :)
How generous! What a top prize!
How perfect? A weekend with wine, slippers, tim tams and THAT gorgeous apartment! [email protected]
sounds fab!
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Wow, fabulous prize. Yes please!!
oooh our bags are packed and we are ready to go.
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What a treat!
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2 x Yummy for the 2 nights of accommodation
4 x Yummy for the blu moose slippers
2 x Yummy for the bottles of wine
1 x Big Yummy for the basket of Tim Tams
1 x Massive Yummy for the DVD's
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My-oh-my a fantastic treat in Rye!
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I think the kitchen is bigger than my entire house, I would love to escape to Aquabelle! And the slippers, gosh- I would gladly give away my ugg boots for those!
What a generous & lovely prize! The pictures of the apartments are SO lovely & CUTE slippers – what more could you want! [email protected]
What a fantastic apartment! Would love to have a girls weekend there.
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What a fabulous prize. How fun to have a wintery-weekend escape… and Tim Tams! Yum!
Fingers crossed!
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Lucy
I can see you and your amazing friends are gong to help get us all through winter!
love a break!!
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Oh, yes please! I would absolutely LOVE a weekend away with warm feet, a bottle of wine and library of movies.
Thank you!
Liz
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What a fabulous winter getaway – There would not be a moment missed….. ooooh, and cute cosy slippers get me every time! [email protected]
omg amazing!!
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Yes please! relaxing at Rye in gorgeous apartment in cute slippers!! fingers crossed
Oh my Gosh – this is just what the DR ordered for my girl – I would love to win this for my lady
Jon V
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What an amazing place, I would die for that cow hide rug on the floor, and to wake up to that view in the morning. Dreaming of that girls weekend away already. Thanks for the chance and brilliant blog.
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Very generous!
Oh just what Mr & Mrs Stamer need!
What an utterly perfect and generous giveaway.
x o x
Madeleine
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So exciting.
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What a gorgeous looking getaway! Id love a chance to escape my half built house for a few days. Cant see an exposed timber stud in sight in those pics… HEAVEN!
Stacey
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Me and my girls were just talking about our need for a weekend away – is it fate? Fingers crossed!
The house looks beautiful would love to win a week-end away!
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Wow, what an amazing giveaway… and an amazing holiday accomm tip – thanks Lucy & Donna & Natasha!
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Lovely! Di
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ooh a perfect giveaway for a blogger who needs a break ;-))
Sarah
wow.. this would be incredible!
Tim Tams……. the ultimate icing on the cake too :)
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I can't think of a better excuse for a girls weekend away!! A little time with the girls is always good for the soul.
ooo!! pick me!!!
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Oh wow – that would be such an amazing winter break!
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Would love a weekend away with the girls. Fingers crossed.
Many thanks for the opportunity.
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A relaxing break in a cosy space….something I would love to take my girlfriends to after a hectic past 6 months of non-stop designing & decorating at TAFE!!!
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What a beautiful prize for the winter months..
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Oh my gosh! This is such a generous giveaway and would love to have a girls week end – SITC style. The apartments are very pretty.
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This looks incredible – and the tim tams are just the icing on the cake! Lucy – if I win you can come too, ha ha!
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How amazing that would be to win this gorgeous prize!
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This would be bliss!
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Heaven, just what the doctor ordered!
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What an amazing giveaway!
It would be awesome to win.
AMAZING!!!!! What a beautiful place, spunky cosy slippers and such fantastic generosity of Donna and Natasha. High fives all round. And even higher fives if myself and pals get to experience it all.
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sounds perfect…fingers crossed
Wowee the place looks amazing and I've never even been to Rye! Thanks for the competition.
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it has been soooo long since i've had time away. Fingers and toes crossed!!! would love love LOVE this!!!
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What a wonderful getaway, fingers and toes crossed!
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What a truly fabulous giveaway! The inclusion of a pack of Tim Tams really sold me. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I'll be watching DVDs and scoffing Tim Tams with the girlfriends. Lee :)
we need this!!!!
fingers and toes crossed X 1,000,000
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Wow, what a great prize. I would love to win this. [email protected]
oh yes please!
this would be ahhhmazing!
and I'm sure all the girls would have no trouble giving the kids to the husbands!
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What a great way to chase away the winter blues – an invigorating long beach walk and then back to a cosy pad. Yes please!! [email protected]
Just what I need!!! Looks divine!! Pick me, pick me!!!!
What a generous giveaway Aquabelle, thanks…wishing myself a bucketload of luck!
An amazingly fabulous prize! Thank you all for your generosity.
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Wow, that would be amazing!! [email protected]
a winter dream!
love love love to get down by the sea for a weekend with the girls!
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Sounds awesome!
Count me in!
Lucy
Absolutely love starting my day with a Design Files post in my inbox – this prize would be the icing on the cake! What a lovely generous prize – thanks for the chance to enter.
Susie
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Bellisimo indeed! Jo
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What a divine giveaway! My fingers are crossed.
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That give away is awesome…I'm going to comment for a chance. I need a get away.
B
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That apartment looks amazing, it would be great to have space to cook for friends while away.
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I would have to take my best friend to say thank you for sharing the Aquabelle website and to ahev an opportunity to enter a wonderful competition
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Absolutely gorgeous! I would sooo love this getaway for the 2 fellas in my life (husband and little 4 month old bub) & myself. The fab slippers would help with these icy cold night feeds I'm currently doing too!
Lis
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How pleased would my lady be if I won this for her!
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Those moose slippers are cool. I wonder if they make men's sizes? My Dad might fancy a pair…off to visit Blu Moose! Lovely post too as usual…
Sing a song of sixpence
In a stunning pocket of Rye.
Aquabelle, slippers and biscuits
And a beach inspired sky!
When the doors were opened
The girls began to sing,
Isn't this a fabulous place
That's fit for a king!
Sensational give-away. I absolutely LOVE the beach this time of year. Invigorating.
Thanks for the opportunity
Tristonne
that sounds so amazing. what an incredible house!
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Beautiful!
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Swoon! I've just had my third baby – she is but 5 days old. I'd love to escape to the beach with my family, but would equally take a pair of those gorgeous ballet slippers on their own!
Laura.
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Holy moly, what an amazing giveaway!
Please count me in.
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My friends and I all work too hard and never get a decent few hours together, let alone a little holiday!
I promise we would all use the time wisely!
Love Jen.
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A great idea to take the girls away for a weekend of R & R in the midst of winter,. thanks Lucy, count me in.
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What'chu talkin' about, Willis?
This is amazing – sign me up!
x dana
Wow, I would LOVE to win a weekend away there. Thanks so much for the chance!
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What an amazing place and such a generous offer! It would be amzing to get away for even a weekend from the pace of daily life – count me in!
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Oh what a perfect prize to shake off the winter ho-hum's!
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Oh this would be just delightful! I'm so hanging for a winter escape!
Fingers & toes crossed!
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What a generous prize, would love to share it with my family. If i'm lucky please email me [email protected]
I need a holiday.. cabin fever has set in already!
What an amazing prize! I love a winter break… emailbylili[at]me.com
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How fantastic, i would love to give my mum a break with her girlfriends and this sounds perfect for them.
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Gorgeous! I love those slippers!
Wow I have never been anywhere for a winter escape..I'm inspired by the patterns of those blue moose winter warmers to enjoy the most of the season and colour these grey days with shades of fun with my favourite ladies.
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my wedding anniversary is around the corner and this would be perfect!!!!
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One of my closest girl friends has had such a horrible year and a long dark winter isn't helping… would so love to take her and a couple of our friends away to be nurtured for a weekend!
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Hi Lucy, such a wonderful give away – I've got my chosen 4, we would leave the kids with the dads and head away for a great weekend – inpsired by the SATC2 girls! I think RYE is so much cooler than Abu Dhabi !
pick me please!
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Just saying the other night when we went to SITC2 'we need more excuses to get the girls together' such fun!
Oh what a wonderful prize for everyone freeeezing in Melbourne! A chilled weekend with the girls would be PERFECT!
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what a generous giveaway! yes please :)
Oooo sounds amazing…..crossing fingers!
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Hi Lucy, not very original but seems to be the zeitgeist… could really do with a winter weekend away somewhere so thoughtfully styled with cosy slippers with some of my nearest and dearest. Best, Suzanne
oh my god, i am in desperate need of a weekend away…this sounds like heaven (i'm sure my girlfriends would agree)…please please please randomly select my comment!
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me please, that sounds just lovely…
Wow, amazing giveaway! Count me in please. :) :)
sounds amazing!
Heavenly – gorgeous place!!
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What a great prize! Looks beautiful! Love this blog and found you quite by accident. That was lucky and I feel lucky about this weekend too!
Ann-Michel
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Oh how I would love to stay at those apartments! Gorgeous.
Thanks for the great giveaway.
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Fingers crossed!
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Here's hoping! What a great prize!!!
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Wow wow wow! What a sensational giveaway!!!
Love those Norfolk Island Pines on the foreshore. Please pick me random chooser of winner!
Love those Norfolk Island Pines on the foreshore. Please pick me random chooser of winner!
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what a wonderful giveaway!
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That looks fantastic. Please pick me!
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Wow a weekend in Rye is just what the Doctor Ordered!
Fo such a fantastic prize it's worth a shot right? Cheers!
too tempting to pass up – you have to be in it to win it!
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Please please please let it be me!
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Some girl time at such a bootiful place is worth travelling interstate for ! Steph [email protected]
I'm living in a tropical country but pack my bags and take the first flight out to spend a weekend with my girlfriends in Victoria.
OOOOhhh pick me!
I havent had time away with my girlfriends for years.
It looks like it would be an awesome place to stay!
Oh wow. what a generous gift!
Its a great promotion as well, i might think about going down there anyway!
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With SATC2 opening this week, girly escapism has never been so relevant! What a superb offer and great inspiration to book a getaway with the gals – whether I win or not! S x
ah it looks amazing.
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Wow – what a wonderful idea….am relishing the thought of a winter weekend getaway. Thanks!
how generous! definitely a wqay to brighten up our winter blues!
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Wow what a great giveaway!
ah just what the doctor ordered…I know some girlfriends who would relish a little catch up :)
I would love love LOVE to win this! Fingers crossed the number lands on me. Thanks for the opportunity!! Lizzy x
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This would be a wonderful reward for the hardwork I've put in this semester in law school!
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My stressed-out sister (new mum to a lovely niece) and sick mum would just love this place, the four of us here would make the ultimate girl's weekend!
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yipee!!
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Super & Splendid & Smashing.
All fingers crossed for moi.
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My best friend lives in Melbourne … I'd love to fly down and surprise her with a special designer break! claire.gebbie@hotmail.com
Best prize ever Lucy! Thanks Donna and Natasha. X
oooh i can alreay imagine what a great girly weekend away i could have in this place! pick me, pick me!!
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I'm an avid reader of your site. It keeps me up to date with what is hip happening, and who's who. I am about to turn fifty, and would love a weekend away to celebrate and take stock. Sue.
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SQUEAL….!……& another….!…..& another SQUEAL of delirium-delight!
If "perfection" is passé, then pleeeeease let me bring it right back INTO FASHION with The Girly weekend! Aaaahhhh….pillowy-perfection!
Signing off with a swipe of the drool……:)
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Awesome giveaway. Love the cute slippers.
Annika
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a getaway! How amazing! YES PLEASE!
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What an amazing prize. The apartments look absolutely breathtaking!…and i've been enviously eyeing off my workmates Blue Moose Slippers she wears under her desk!
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oooh lovely warm slippers for my cold winter toes!(and the apartment isn't too bad either)
Jess Kav
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Please let it be me!!!!
Great mini break prize and would love to keep my toes warm this winter.
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Yes please, I know of three friends that would gladly join me in a trip to Melbourne and I need new slippers.
Thanks for your generosity.
Margo
and thanks Lucy enjoying the Design Files, trying to fit it all in.
sounds amazing!
What a beautiful house! Please enter me into the competition:
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Love it for winter !
Would be the perfect weekend away for my birthday – I love the styling at each of the apartments. Could do with some inspiration for my own apartment. Thanks for a great competition.
Warm wishes
Heidi
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Woah! Yes please! What beautiful apartments. Love the chairs! :)
Gorgeous spot and gorgeous slippers! Thank you for the chance – Millie
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oh, yes please, pretty please. fingers crossed…
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How superfantabulous!
kate@redchalk.com.au
Picture this – trackies, warm feet and a bottle of red – bliss!
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What a fabulous prize! Now is the time for my luck to change!! Fingers crossed tiffanymn@optusnet.com.au
Yes, yes, please. What a lovely, delightful, cosy giveaway! Thanks to everyone involved. x aj@annajeffries.com
A weekend away with people you love and winter warmers such as slippers, wine and movies – perfect!
Fingers crossed :)xx
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Perfect for winter! Sounds delightful!
g.brett@ugrad.unimelb.edu.au
wow!
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Nothing like a retreat to the beach to banish the winter blues.
I know exactly which girls would love to come too.
Al
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OMG, OMG, OMG………after my baby was up every two hours last night, the sound of this was just heavenly……a pamper like that sure beats napping in the car while waiting to go to gymbaroo!!!!
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so many days dreaming over design files – and now the chance to walk into one!
We live in the hills but would love to see the sea this autumn.
Charlotte
Wow what an amazing prize – your a legend for organising it and this perfect website!
Keep up the great work.
is all I have to do is leave a comment?? definetly a great enough prize for me to break out of my 'lurking' ways!
awesome prize!!!
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wow!! what a great giveaway! Yes please, put me in the draw :)
melskimoments@gmail.com
What a welcome prize at this time of year!
Keep up the amazingly good blog x
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i would love to win this and take my sister (who lives in melbourne)! ally.crimp@gmail.com
moving to melbourne next month and a weekend away with girlfriends that are going to become my new BFF and family all in one would be a perfect start to my new life across the ditch!! amysloss@hotmail.com
wow! i could hardly resist this amazing comp..
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I would absolutely love to win this as today my husband signed a contract to work for a large Australian company,and it would be a wonderful way to enjoy Melbourne
aaaaah!! brilliant!
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sounds divine, count me in! myriad82@gmail.com
i'm an artist:), i'm not working at the moment:( and i need some inspiration*, please pick me! my hubby needs a break too;) arite_b@hotmail.com
Yes please!
Wow! What a fantastic prize!!! I'd love the chance to getaway for a weekend.
edwina_76@bigpond.com
I want those doona boots!!!
nina@ninasturgess.com
oh amazing!
I would take my very close school friends and it would be special because it has been a long while since we have been away together. Kids and work and busy lives often get in the way. But it would be exciting. The look on their faces priceless if I were to be the lucky winner. Thanks for the offer.
pick me, pick me!
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I would take my very close school friends and it would be special because it has been a long while since we have been away together. Kids and work and busy lives often get in the way. But it would be exciting. The look on their faces priceless if I were to be the lucky winner. Thanks for the offer. Please delete ticket no. 206, or 6 as shown here (above). Forgot to add my email address is allison@wallscrawl.com.au.
208 comments and counting! Wow! No wonder with such a great prize… and hey, you've got to be in it to win it! beth@360focus.com.au
You are so generous! You'll make the lucky winner very happy. Thanks for the opportunity…
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Gorgeous designer accommodation, funky Blu moose slippers, and TIM TAMS. What more could a girl and 3 of her besties want!
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lovely!
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Sounds fantastic!
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amazing!!! penelope.eva@hotmail.com :)
Oh oh! Can it be me and my girlfriends please!?? I'm celebrating my 30th birthday in September, and I'll love it if we can kick back in those delightful fluffy slippers, sipping champagne, pretend we own those gorgeous furniture, and watch Sex & The City 2. At least that'll be an unforgettable THIRTIETH birthday (contrary to popular belief!).
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Pick me, Pick me!!! gabebonnici@hotmail.com
oooh luscious!!! :)
kerri@lotusconceptdesign.com.au
yipee a girls weekend how divine, pick me pick me
fantastic! would be bliss!
cbartonek@internode.on.net
Perfect, 3 friends, gorgeous accommodation AND cosy slippers – fingers crossed!
It will be an awesome way to get the besties together – we're all over Oz at the moment! kathelle22@gmail.com
what an amazing prize!
I have a 9 month old son and I love him to bits…but I would LOVE a little getaway! Pick me! hahaha
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wow! this is the best giveaway ever. I'd love to win!
my email is simple.precious@gmail.com
the giveaway keeps getting better and better..
well done, lucy!
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ohhh i'm moving down to melbourne what a perfect way to start
alanaphelan@hotmail.com
Divine getaway / giveaway :) Love Aquabelle!
Winter Schminter huh?
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This is going to sound very STRANGE INDEAD!! I don't want to win this , bc i have already booked for our January 2011 family holidays. And might I add cannot wait!! I really really want comment no 97 to get this one, one person that in the last few years has endure al ot and a getaway would do her wonders. GOOD LUCK BESTIE 97!!
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What an awesome giveaway! I haven't been able to afford a holiday for years!! Would SO love to win!
amazing!
amazing!
….pick me….pick me….anyhooo slippers in size 7 – any style although two little girls might like some ballet slippers and the dude I live with aint that fussy thankyouverymuch ;) joandmurray@optusnet.com.au
I need a holiday – sounds perfect!
yes please…..psmatthews@optusnet.com.au
Oh, yes please! This looks lovely xox
birdiemilk@gmail.com
A pair of slippers and a beach house in winter – this girl knows where it's at!
jenny.post@gmail.com
Oh my goodness! Amazing giveaway! How generous. Those little ballet slippers are SO cute too!
ohhhh what a welcome wonderful winter break! just what we need for a family cheer up.
Pick me!
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how exciting, please enter me in the draw! thompson_anne@optusnet.com.au
Couldnt think of anything better then this!!!! What a great giveaway!!!! stephanie@alabakov.com.au xx
You know what I love? The fact that they look NOTHING like the fibro cement holiday house I used to holiday in down at Rye!
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Thanks for sharing – it looks divine and sounds like a great place to get away to. It's not always easy trying to find place to take the family – golf, wine, hot springs, beach, cafe – sounds perfect!
Did you say BASKET of tim-tams?
I am in.
k8siopis@hotmail.com
oh yes please. pop my name in the hat
Nothing would be more perfect then spending a cosy winter indoors with that beautiful timber furniture, warm throws, cowhide rug and blu moose boots! Would love to have a chance to win this trip!
cn82@hotmail.com
super generous prize – thanks!!
joanne.searle@anu.edu.au
oh my! winter getaway? yes please!!
clairewhite2@hotmail.com
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Quick someone bring the movie camera because it's like we've just stepped onto set.
By goodness we will have the most stylish getaway yet.
Come! Let's pose on the designer lounge while Terry fixes the h'orderves.
Then go look in the cellar and find us the very best reserve.
what a dreamy, wonderfully wintery escape…
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Wow – how amazing it would be to win this prize – not just for the slippers (although that would be pretty incredible alone…) – brenda.nash@mail.com
the slippers make the beach look hot in winter!!
margielikescheese@yahoo.com.au
pick me, pick me, pick me, pick me!
pip@lippdesign.com.au
too stunning for words… yes please, the bags are packed!
mary@embark.com.au
Oh this is so exciting!!
Girls weekend!
kate.l.schulz@gmail.com
Amazing! Brilliant apartment layout
Good luck to everyone!
melissamc26@gmail.com
OMG! What an amazing prize! Fingers crossed I could be so lucky! deepstillwater@hotmail.com
Oooo lovely. I have always wanted to go to the mornington peninsular.
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I will promise to leave you a Tim Tam!
oh wow how fabulous would that be!!! Brilliant idea girls!!!
What an amazing prize !
tulipandcoffee@gmail.com
Ohhhh!
So lovely!
jessieshoes8@yahoo.com.au
what an awesome giveaway!
the place looks delightful..
the perfect weekend away :)
xanushkax@gmail.com
it'd be silly to not enter this time :)
nola@huddledesign.com
What a perfect place! Quite different to the 70s holiday home in Rye my Grandparents used to own! louisabailey@gmail.com
Sounds fantastic – count me in! Paula
Absolute perfect place to dispell the winter blues.
omg! what an amazing giveaway!!! Rye is awesome :) please count me in!!
Kate xo
katebeckham@hotmail.com
mhmm, its simply too good to be true!
e.lester@ugrad.unimelb.edu.au
what an amazing property! slippers + tim tams = win!
yes PLEASE! amazing competition THANKS! leoniehart@hotmail.com
A weekend away – delightful!
lmatthews81@hotmail.com
Aaahhh! so happy the comment deadline is not one day as it was a public holiday this weekend in WA. I would love to visit all my Melbourne friends and surprise them with this weekend away. I love Donna's St Kilda house especially all the amazing artwork and that 'tadpole' wall so I think I would definitely love staying in Rye. who wouldn't, really?? and how cute are the slippers??
paddlepop_1@hotmail.com
What a brilliant idea!! Sounds like the perfect weekend – lucky i have 3 best girlfriends in mind!
noirdesign.kate@gmail.com
xx
How delightful,such attention to detail I would love a weekend away.
That would be the BEST!
info@stephransom.com
I would gladly leave the warmer climate of north coast NSW to spend time at this beautiful apartment with my beautiful daughter who lives in Melbourne and I MISS SO MUCH!!!
The slippers would be much appreciated – cold toes up here too!
nannanellie@live.com
feeling the blue sky and the fresh air
natsupower@gmail.com
yes please!!
haruko.watanabe@gmail.com
x
How delicious! How perfect! and Thank you for me in the draw to win! x
tillimt@hotmail.com
This is the "mom-cation" I so desperately need. Dad can manage the twins for a few days! Cheers, debrasmithlong@!mac.com
I've got the girlfriends picked and know what they need to reward me with – plenty of good quality white wine and yummy food. In return I shall be a gracious (if a little bit sozzled) hostess. Here's hoping this is the thing to brighten up this gloomy Winter for me. Cheers, Christina coachc@ozemail.com.au
My children are driving me batty,
I’m totally stressed to the max,
A retreat is just what I need,
To sit, eat, drink and relax!
ebakkalis@bigpond.com
My children are driving me batty,
I’m totally stressed to the max,
A retreat is just what I need,
To sit, eat, drink and relax!
ebakkalis@bigpond.com
Oh it would be my dream to curl up on the coach with a good gossip mag and some tim tams!!! tiongelaine@yahoo.com.au
Wow – this is an amazing prize. Would love to win and have a weekend away with the girls. Thank you!
muc_luck@hotmail.com
What a wonderfully indulgent prize. Just the ticket for cheering up on a grey Melbourne day.
annalisag@pacific.net.au
This sounds amazing! Yes please.
trisha_migallos@yahoo.com
OK, timing is serendipitous, its a long weekend and I want to go away with my darling, now I have another place to check out, ok have done so and they're not available this coming weekend, no probs, thanks for showing yet another gorgeous place down the coast to stay and yes it would be a dream to win this lovely prize, how beautiful and moosies on my feet to boot, ha!
lise at tpg dot com dot au
Oh lovely!!! I'm yearning for this prize!! finny23@hotmail.com
OOOhhh this would be so much fun!!
michelle.thomason@gmail.com
ohh this looks so lovely! l.camaratadesign@gmail.com
What a fantastic idea!
miss.pacman [at] gmail [dot] com
Count me in too. What an awesome prize!!
bridget_landis@hotmail.com
love the sound of enjoying a whole basket of tim tams in that gorgeous unit – charles.ruth@bigpond.com
What an incredibly generous gift! Would be sooooo lovely x nickilever@hotmail.com
Tim Tams Wine Fab accom and slippers…. what more could a girl want!
PS LOVE Design files – keep up the good work!
junk.mail@interact.com.au
go on pick me, you know you want to ;)
meganwatson1964@gmail.com
Excellent, is all I need to say :-)
Thank you,
Gemma Leslie
gemleslie@gmail.com
http://www.gemleslie.wordpress.com/
*gasp* Looks like so much fun and those slippers look so snuggly!
extraorda_mary@hotmail.com
Yes please! megejohnston@yahoo.com.au
Oh, this sounds spectacular!
angela.mccormack1@gmail.com
x
me and the girls are all crossing our fingers! great give away!
jessjh111@hotmail.com
What beautiful accommodation and amazing prize!
Loopy200@hotmail.com
having been to Rye over a number of summers, going to this place would truly seem like being some where else – way more exotic…. I would love the break from kids….Rosanne rgm0312@bigpond.net.au
fingers crossed
Supercalafragilisticexpialadocious! Looks wonderful, a perfect winter break.
kate.taylor@iinet.net.au
oohh this sounds a-mayo-nazing :) my fingers and toes are crossed..
xox
rolien1@gmail.com
sleeveywonder.tumblr.com
thanks – fingers crossed =)
mastitae@hotmail.com
Would like to try for Rye
under a big big blue (or grey) sky -
lunch with the girls at a nearby winery.
could borrow the school bus and try
a weekend of 'come what may'; instead of
zapping here and there, everywhere, dropping off the 17 year old; picking up the 19 year old…maybe visit Heronswood; walk the backbeaches……..
no husband ( i love you), no children (i love you too) ….girlfriends and tim tams and a bit of time off (i love you more)!!
Looks fantastic! steph_kr@hotmail.com
And my toes are so very cold right now, too too dreamy. Pick me please. Merci x Lydia
lydialange@gmail.com
such a perfect place for a winter getaway by the beach!
lilian_richter@hotmail.com
This is probably something you dont know about me,
but one of my favourite passtimes is standing around only in little booties
regarding the collect lines of eames furniture,
while quoffing a ten-minutes-by-tractor tempranillo.
I tried it last weekend at the NGV, but was ejected once caught on the CCTV.
To think that there is somewhere out there that I can indulge in my hobby sans fear of judgment!
It would be highly pleasing, not only for me, but I guess also for those poor patrons of our great Victorian gallery who mistakenly wandered into the industrial design wing at the wrong moment.
oh, dear…
lidiascafidi@gmail.com
Wow! Just me, my girls and our Blu Moose(s) (…and of course, an abundance of wine and cheese)! Ahhhh heaven awaits!!! annapattison82@hotmail.com
Sounds excellent. georgiac@gmail.com
Just what I need before baby arrives – a weekend away with my besties!! missjoannafrancis@yahoo.com.au
What a perfect reward for finishing exams!
- pudding149@hotmail.com
Love it – any excuse for a girls weekend away!
kmgimson@gmail.com
thanks & love your blog
Amazing!!! Please count me in!!
madeleine@madebymosey.com
ohhhh i love the aquabelle apartments…i have always wanted to stay there!! What a great give away!!
danni_rtst@hotmail.com
absolutely gorgeous interior. Would love a weekend away here with my 3 favourite girls!!
harkin.allison@googlemail.com
Oh my, what an incredible giveaway….. fingers crossed the random selector picks my number. Thank you The Design Files for the opportunity……… ummmmm girlfriends or family – what a wonderful decision to be made!
belandnick@bigpond.com
Looks fantastic-shame my mother-in-law lives in Rye. Could I holiday there without her knowing?
rhian.ward@gmail.com
Sounds like the perfect weekend away – of course I have to enter as well!
sillykittyish at gmail dot com :)
This prize would be fabulous, my son often asks me to take him to Rye and I would love to surprise him! Just hope he doesn't see my comment as he also reads your blog.
What an amazingly generous give-away!
Would love it,
gabrielle
gfi68008@bigpond.net.au
What a wonderful winter warmer escape.
cathblamey@yahoo.com
I've just started studying marketing, and I think this is very clever. Sounds like heaven, and a very inspiring holiday suggestion – good thinking 99!
Ellie, classic_dame@hotmail.com
I'll love to have a getaway with the family, and seeing that my wife and son already have matching Blumoose boots, I can get one too!
egene.soh@gmail.com
the slippers are delicious!
ooooooooo how divine… does the apartment come with the sunshine too?? Hopefully not, then we can take advantage of those snuggly Blu Moose Feather Down Slippers! Gorgeous… :)
joanna@flipnlatch.com
sounds divine! Moving to Melbourne in three weeks from Zurich and it would be a lovely way to explore our new home…& would make up for the fact that we are leaving Europe in at the beginning of summer and heading back into winter! :) jennifer.k.reiser@gmail.com
i really need a little getaway, and love the slippers!!
aynurbjk@hotmail.com
Sounds absolutely beautiful,
xGrace
gracie-lu@iinet.net.au
Sounds fantastic!
Get us in the competition: david.nemirovsky@nemcorp.org
This is such a great apartment – I took my aunt mum and sister for a treat once. A wonderful idea to have a giveaway – would love to win but would probably take my hubby for our 10 year wedding anniversary. Thanks for the opportunity!
dmemorgan@yahoo.co.uk
What a lovely way to warm up on a Winter's day!
<3 elle@elleski.com
What an awesome prize to offer…. mmm glass of champs, good company, lovely sea breeze… yes please! Dana ♥ dgrgas@bigpond.net.au
How lovely, just what I need!
llist @ loomiverse dot net
Fingers crossed!!
cl@hearingclinic.net.au
i'm under doctors orders to win this.
daisymbailey@gmail.com
those moose boots sound perfect
hallo_elo@hotmail.com
Sounds dreeeeeeaaaamy (and those boots are super cute!)
danygirl03@gmail.com
Oh wow! Don't know what to say! Seeing as I haven't seen my sister in months (I live in Adelaide, she in Melbourne), this would be a perfect opportunity to each pack our bags, grab our husbands and meet at this lovely abode for a weekend getaway and much-needed catch-up! Email jessmoffat (at) adam (dot) com (dot) au
I can feel my winter blues fading away just thinking about chilling out at Aquabelle! A weekend away would be just perfect for my September 40th Birthday!!!!
Thanks for the opportunity….Such a good looking pad!
flauntdesign@netspace.net.au
Oooh, I already know who I would take for a pampered weekend. Fingers crossed!
x Chrystie
http://garnishgarden.com
This would be amazing to win . polark72@gmail.com
Please let it be me .
Count me in (even if there is only the slightest chance of winning)It's such a great prize, I would get a massive amount of Brownie points from my family if we won a HOLIDAY!
Can't think of a better way to spend my 25th birthday in September; fingers crossed!
rae.rahman@gmail.com
gorgeousness! spending a weekend there with my pals would be super duper funsies!
juneleaf@hotmail.com
Sitting here in my little apartment in Prahran knitting and surfing design files today after being home for what what feels like months after my third round of chemotherapy and one to go (get your mammograms girls)… I'm thinking what a treat from Aquabelle Apartments and Blu Moose it would be and as a way to begin to say thanks to my supportive gal pals once it's over. moop61@hotmail.com
This is SUCH an amazing prize! The best I have ever seen. Thanks so much!
shilo_kennedy@hotmail.com
looks like the perfect place to get away!
fingers crossed!!!
I wish I was wearing those moose slippers now.. it's freezing!!
Susie
parker.susie@gmail.com
I'm 50 today ! Woohoo. I would love to treat my friends to a weekend away, and celebrate the start of a new era. I love your site, and your generosity. Sue.
oh pooo i'm too late to enter this terrific giveaway :(
i want to win it for my parents, spare me a few weeks of housework I would think!! lisaunderscorebot@hotmail.com