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Into wine country (again)
Drove over to the south side of the peninsular that Nelsons Bay is on, and had a walk along One Mile Beach. So called because of the one mile of golden sand - barely a shell to blemish it, and good surf again.
Then we had to take a slight detour via Avis in Newcastle Airport, as we noticed a chip in the windscreen, and if it cracked on us …
Cheese and Wine
Off to explore the local produce and sights today. First stop the Hunter Valley Gardens which has a number of formal gardens on various themes. Designed by a famous Aussie Garden designer as his retirement project!
Then on to the Hunter Valley Smelly Cheese shop to grab some lunch. They do a fabulous blue cheese.
After lunch, the …
Sophisticated Supping in The Hunter Valley
... wine in the past have been cost and constitution - how dirt cheap it is and how closely it resembles the taste of fizzy pop. I consequently received quite the condensed education from them. Their presence also meant the wineries had more time for us. It often took them by surprise when an informed comment emerged from the midst of our rabble.
After leaving First Creek we cycled onto Broke Road and headed to another commercial winery ...
Day 28 - Wine Tasting In Hunter Valley
... of theirs and the bartender came outside and yelled at us that we were playing wrong. We did not care and continued on. It was a close game but in the end I won.
We had such a great time today that we booked ourselves in for a second night. We are leaving the Brewery though because nothing has been updated or replaced since 1978. There is a beautiful Crown Plaza Golf Resort next door that I was able to trade in points for a couple of free rooms. ...
Exploring Broke
... out daily routine will definitely be changing…sunrise and sunset will mean a lot more to us while travelling. We don’t want to miss a thing so we don’t want to drive anywhere in the dark and we want to make the most of every daylight minute…so 6am starts and 9pm bedtimes it is for us. We packed our tent away and spent the night in our van so we would be up and off in the morning to Lake St Clair, both feeling slightly nervous about the roads ...
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