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You may be relieved to hear that this entry will be quite short, I could just say went to Hunter Valley admired the scenery, tasted the wine and moved on, however I will try to flesh it out a bit – sorry!

The Hunter Valley was settled during a land rush in the early 1820s, the best land and convicts to work it being assigne...

26.04.09: The region of the Great Lakes is beautiful and very different from what we have seen so far in Oz. Among the large forests, you could easily picture yourself somewhere in Canada! We took a step walk to the summit of Cape Hawke which gave us a clear view of the likes and the ocean around. Tough after breakfast but all worth it! We then ...

Yvette: wine tasting tour! this was much fun - an all day tour to four cellar doors, one party drinks manufacturer and a brewery! oh and there was some cheese and olive tapenade at some points too. After the first tasting I found myself telling someone we had driven down from Brisney and decided that I should maybe make more use of the spitoons ...

A Cheery and Cheesy Hello from the Hunter, This is a place we could have definately lingered for a lot longer, but for the benefit of our hip pocket and love handles we decided to make it a quick look see. We arrived on Saturday afternoon and after a quick set up we headed straight to our first vinyard. McGuigans Cellar Door offered a good intro...

Our drive down the east coast continued as we visited the very Scottish village of Mackay and the pretty seaside town of Coffs Harbour with its Big Banana that everyone goes nuts about for some reason. The striking Muttonbrook Island famous for whale watching made for a memorable visit. We met an elderly man originally from Germany at one of the...

Hmmm Wine! Thats not all that you can say about the Hunter Valley - but it sure is a lot of it. One of the wine regions from South Australia - well New South Wales to be precise. A whole weekend wine tasting and hanging around in the forest with my friends cooking up the best Aussie BBQ.

The Hunter Valley is another world famous Australian wine producing region and the most well know winery in the area is Wyndham Estate and no trip to the Hunter Valley would be complete without trying their delicious wine. We were lucky enough to try their entire range including the wines not on the usual tasting list, all of which we thoroughly...

What we planned to do today, and what we eventually did turned out to be completely different. The plan was to head back to the coast to get some beach time at Terrigal Beach, just north of Sydney. We did get there but sadly it was pouring down. There didn't seem any point in hanging around so we headed north to the city of Newcastle. The weathe...