Crowne Plaza Hotel Hunter Valley Cessnock

... cheese factory, luckily the rain just about held off but it was cold in the open carriage.<br><br>This is probably heresy but I was not very impressed by any of the wines which I tasted, preferring the wines of Western Australia which seem to me to have more flavour, but I was forced to buy a couple of bottled to while away an evening or two alone in my tent, in fact I sip on one as I write.<br><br>The following day as the weather was a little brighter I spent some of the day ...

... in the afternoon. One was starting in Tyrell winery 15mn later so we jumped back in the van and raced to the place! In time, we had a great tour. <br><br>The guide was really interesting and we were able to taste the wine at various steps of the process. Sometimes it tastes like juice and sometimes like Port! They even had expensive barrels imported directly from France. We got the full tasting at the end of the tour and bought a few bottles for us and for Sean's cousins who ...

... shop". Our 2nd driver used to be manager. Tasting liquers. Of note: butterscotch schnaps, dragons breath (butterscotch schnaps with chili and rosemary), raspberry liqeur that tasted of vanilla and blacberry, coconut Irish cream liqeur, muscat. 7)Arrowfield Estate; a last minute entry to the itinery to fill time, of note .... 8)Binnore Dairy; soft cheeses, all containing garlic or blue cheese, not ideal for the woman who didn't like blue ...

... it was a great day good driver &amp; great places. decided to go back to the gardens the following day to look at the church again &amp; pop into santas shop &amp; just maybe the english lolly shop! we then carried on into the forest we calle in at several lookouts but the last one was so misty you could not see your hand in front of your face, so we had to go back the following day &amp; what a difference 12 hours made we decided ...

... italienischen Restaurant namens San Martino, direkt neben d** Bluetongue Brau**ei, gegessen. Bluetongue, od** Blauzungen, sind so krustige Echsen, die hi** in Australien rumlaufen. Nach dem Essen waren wir noch im Cafe und Olaf hat die Bi**e probi**t während wir Billiarn gespielt haben. Wir haben festgestellt, daß wir beide echt schlecht darin sind. Es war deprimi**end und lustig. Ein Typ wollte den Gewinn** spielen und legte $2 auf den Tisch. Die kamen imm** wied** um ...

... a lot. Needless to say, when we got home I took a shower immediately. I still have sand in my hair and ears that wont come out, and every so often I crunch on some in my teeth. My arms are almost impossible to lift and I'm sore in my fingers even. The weekend all together was GREAT. I'm sorry I wrote so much about it, but I wanted to so that I could remember it all. And now, I'm about to sleep for a solid 12 hours. Beautiful, right-o.

... how many teams there were there was loads and some o the teams had quite alot o peeps well looking for another job got a job in queensland which is a pain as we wanted to to stay in nsw as were close to sydney but any who spen the day traveling around looking for a new backpack as mine is falling a part couldnt find one any where we were just about to give up when we found a camping shop hallelujah well catching the train to sydney to airport then bac to brisbane

So I'm actually writing this entry a bit after it happened, but this trip was right after I arrived. It was the saturday after O-week (Orientation week) which was good timing, because there wasn't much going on that weekend, as classes hadn't started yet. So anyways, through an program that supports international students, there was this day trip, where for a very reasonable fee (like $30) they took us to a wildlife park, and to ...

... point. The points of interest on the road are then marked and its really strange to think that there were chain gangs building the road less than 200 years ago. You can still see the holes they bored for the dynamite to blast away the rock and also the grafitti they carved to mark their names on the road side. During the week following this, Stephen headed off to New Zealand for a trip. I enjoyed a lovely evening with newlyweds Chloe and Iain as they ...