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Spring has sprung! W hich means we have now been here for a whole 12 months. Far from time stopping at Donnelly Lakes, the time has actually flown for us as we have been so busy, not just with heavy bookings over the perdiod and meeting our new guests and many repeat visitors, but also settling into the homestead and making improvements in some aspects of the operation of the business, including a laundry facility which will support daily maintenance on the chalets and provide guests with better service. We hope you will help us celebrate our first anniversary at Donnelly during November (See our November Anniversary Offer below!!!)
The past 12 months has found us fully occupied with many projects which include two brand spanking new spas (in Kingfisher and Teal), upgrades to soft furnishings, electric blankets, the establishment of our archery field, power to you when no-one else in the region has any, power that is. Of cours e Lizzie hasn't been idle either, which can be noted by progress to the botanical gardens at the homestead, plus plantings of more native shrubs around the chalets, not to mention the re-occupying of the Hilton Henhouse by all manner of feathered egg-laying critters leading one to consider the re-naming of Donnelly Lakes to the Donnelly Poultry Emporium. This means that fresh free-range eggs are always available for our breakfast baskets along with our scrumptious bread.
We have also adopted a more programmed approach to re-stocking the lake with yet more Rainbow Trout, and for those in the know, this week will see the introduction of those fabulous game fish, Brown Trout, into the lower lakes for the purist fly-fishermen on a catch and release basis. We are informed by the experts that catch and release of these wily fish makes them even wiser when next they are tempted by fly, making them even more difficult to catch. This allows the fish to settle in their habitat and grow substantially making the catching of them more challenging to hook up and more fun due to their size and strength!
Since our last News update, we have hosted another wonderful wedding at Donnelly Lakes. Paul and Wendy Ripley tied the knot in our lakeside Gazebo in September, followed by a long table dinner in the homestead.
The happy couple took over the whole complex for the weekend, with all the family and friends fed from the homestead kitchen and comfortably accommodated in our 5 chalets. So if you are thinking of eloping or celebrating your nuptials and looking for a different experience, talk to us about the Donnelly wedding options.
Special November Anniversary Offer! 
For the month of November we are offering you the opportunity to stay 4 nights for the price of 3 between Monday and Friday, plus we will give you one of our scrumptious breakfast hampers with our compliments. This means that for a couple, the price for 4 nights in one of our beautiful lakeside chalets is only $675 including breakfast! Bookings on 9776 2005 or email us at timestops@donnellylakes.com.au.
Spring is one of the best times of the year to visit the South West. Coupled with warm sunny days and cool nights in a countryside that has been well-greened and is now painted with colour, as Peter Cundall would say "it's blooming marvellous" down here. 
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