Avoca, Australia

Met by Martin and driven back to their house at Avoca Beach ,, what a place ..good to see them again and also the lads ,, made very welcome .Paul , Julie and Marlon also came round for thai dinner . As did the parrots and cockatoo !! saturday we went out ...

... through the Pyrenees wine region had us slightly defer the Grampians (which recently suffered extensive bushfires) to drive up through Avoca where we visit 3 cellar doors: Blue Pyrenees; Mt Avoca and Summerville. BP has the Midnight Cuvee with its grapes ...

... the galopagos islands.   we have now also met the youngest daughter nell.   they have a wonderful house in avoca, australia, which is near to newcastle.    we stopped through briefly on the way north and they pampered us ...

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