Hunter Valley Gardens Tallawanta Lodge Pokolbin

... that the grapes are from the oldest vines, about 80 years old, and are hand picked. It was also one of the expensive wines of course! We decided to treat ourselves though and bought a bottle so we can have it on Christmas Day! Next stop was Lindemans. Again we tried loads of wines : C******nay, Semillon, Early Harvest Rose, Porphyry Red, Reisling and more. They were all OK but nothing that made us want to buy. The bikes were starting to get a little bit wobbly now! I even tried to ...

... I almost have enough money for a car. Next fortnight, really! I've also picked up a cheap laptop for about 500 bucks. Good timing on that, because the company just started blocking websites so I'm going to have to find another way to send and receive emails. I'm looking forwards to getting a car so I can do some travelling on the weekends. I was actually planning on going to Sydney this weekend, but the rain ruined it for me. I've started to play ...

... a riot if they tried this at home. So i very sadly Read the whole of my bank policy booklet and went in armed with heap of question i wanted to know exactly what i was being charged for and guess what I'm a student yippee i get out of the charges i was so pleased with myself. Tax and Super OK i have to pay 30% tax! But the good news is i get it all back in July. But then if i chose to work between July and next year apparently i won't get my tax back until ...

... was opps but Simone found me and as always it is like we have never been apart except shes married with 2 children and how times have changed since we were in Jersey partying everynight but we are off out Sat night to relive all the fun we used to have. Its been lovely hanging out with Simone and her family and everyone is looking after me so well it so lovely to have my own room a double bed and a bath with a fluffy towel ...

... as well as a bottle which Colin decided to purchase as he remembered it from a previous visit - 1997 Brokenwood Graveyard Shiraz. As this particular vineyard was not on our tour, it required him to cross a graveyard into the Brokenwood estate to make this purchase. As he was returning a magpie, who was keeping watch over the graveyard, swooped down and required that he made a quick escape, or else he would end up in an unmarked grave. Next up: big city living in Sydney.

... and walked to Nobby's Head. Some really nice views out from Nobby's Head - it was once a small island but it was then joined to the mainland by the man. On walking on the way to Nobby's, we saw a tree covered in pretty shiny bugs. It looked like some orange bugs were laying eggs and then little blue ones were ...

... morning (sarah... f-hafen 1sr night ring any bells?) needless to day yesterday i did nothing of any use- posted a xouple of postcards ADRESSES PLEASE PEOPLE and ate some free pasta. stage2: PARTY BUS! and an unfortunately pink wristband. nice concept, everyone piles on the bus- trashed singalongs are always a giggle howver. suzie has a nice outfit. check suzie has nice jewellery on. check suzie has ...

... have found such a great artist when I was just killing time before the Mountain Goats played. I got to catch all of Joel's show, and the main thing that I like about his music is the lyrics, they really speak to me. Also, he was hilarious on stage, and his commentary was just as good as his music. After he played, and I saw the Mountain Goats, I went to buy his CD to find that he had packed up his CD's and left ...

... exactly like Daphne off of Frasier. hah. But after lunch we went back to the campsite, then went to the lawn bowling club (hah) where they had really cheap drinks and cheap food. We spent most of the night there, watching cricket and playing pool and Suzie and I talked for a long time about home and stuff like that. It was good. At 3 or so when I went to bed and woke Suzie up, we called Karen, and that was fun. Yesterday was super hot and we went down to the ...