Cessnock Heritage Inn
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Divine Wine
... some travelling himself and therefore understood our plight. The room was free so we lugged our ever expanding haul up the stairs and grabbed some much needed shut eye.
Newcastle is the closest town to Hunter Valley, the wine capital of Australia, so after a rejuvenating rest we headed into the center to plan our trip. We found a bus that would take us there as well as a decent hostel to stay at. We had a wonder around Newcastle which was a ghost town but luckily we ...
Alcoholcontrole
... al, aangehouden voor een alcoholcontrole. Zoals een goede proever betaamt, had ik gelukkig alles uitgespuugd. Ome agent hield een apparaat op een paar centimeter van mijn mond. Moest ik blazen? Nee, kennelijk alleen maar mijn mond openen, zoals bromsnor voordeed. Hij hield het apparaat ervoor en gelijk daarna sprak hij: "ok mate, drive on". Dat ging snel. De fles wijn die ik heb gekocht maak ik vanavond ...
Brisbane and everywhere inbetween!
... and Mark's friends were also down there but they were camping so one evening we all went over for dinner. This was roast pork cooked in a open fire. Hot coals all around, was great. Also they made syrup sponge pudding on the fire as well and toasted marshmallows! Sometimes you just look around and think 'I really don't think I could have a better job' That was this moment for me! I also was taught how to de-shell a prawn ...
Pruning, cleaning and planting on the Vineyard
... he has lots of family there and he can speak the language but hopefully with some hard work, he will warm to us.
Tom and Brett, two friends from the original group that flew over together have taken a job doing irrigation, 10 hours Northwest into the outback. They had two positions and tempted us with 35 degree heat, 12 hour days, only 1 day off every two weeks and enough deadly snakes during mating season that you have to carry anti-venom while you work....unsurprisingly no ...
Finally working in Wine Country
... sight especially given an hour earlier we were playing football in the evening sunshine.
Cessnock is an interesting place, the locals are very chatty and look at backpackers with intrigue rather than ‘oh here comes more poms!’ that we felt in Coffs Harbour. It’s bustling at weekends when Sydney residents come up to the wine region and then is eerily quiet on weekday evenings. The ...
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