On Friday we drove over to Hunter Valley - Australian Wine Country. The heart of vineyards are less than 35 miles from our home here in Wangi Wangi. Monty is getting more comfortable with driving on the left and so am I. But it still takes concentration and no radio noise to distract us. There were hundreds of small boutique wineries. Hunter Valley only provides 1% of the wine produced in Australia but it does produce the more well known wines exported to America. We only stopped at one winery on our first trip. You have all seen Tyrrell Wines in the grocery store & our tour of their winery was wonderful. The guide took us out to the vineyards and through the winery itself. We have missed harvesting. That happens in January & February here. So all has been picked, pressed and barreled. In the tasting room we tried some of their sweet whites and reds that were delicious. Unfortunately, the ones we liked alot are not exported to America.
We had to get something to eat after the tour so we stopped at a small shopping area across from the Hope Winery. On Saturday night Neil Diamond is performing there. All the seats are sold out. Next week Carlos Santana performs and in April they have Lionel Ritchie. All those shows appear to be sold out as well. Aussie's love the music scene too! We had the gelato ice cream (pitaschio & mango) at the Smelly Cheese Shop. It is even better than the gelato I had in Venice, Italy.
As you can see by the picture, I saw my first kangaroo in Australia. They were just hanging around on the side of the road. It was a WOW moment for me.
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