Spent the morning exploring the Hunter Valley, which was made up of beautiful hills, fields and its vineyards, helped by the sun which decided to come out today. Visited Brokenwood first, then on to the Small Winemakers Centre, followed by Tyrrells, Bimbadgen (complete with Spanish bell tower) and lastly Lake’s Folly. The first and the last were by far the best and Lake’s Folly only had 2 different wines available so we bought a bottle of both. BY lunchtime we had amassed 7 bottles in total (they have to be finished by the time we hand the camper back as we have more than enough to carry already), plus some pitta crisps, banana bread and chilli jam. We were lucky enough to spot a kookaburra on the way out of the small winemakers centre, and managed to take some pictures quite close up without disturbing it.
Left the beautiful Hunter Valley to head to Coffs Harbour (home of the big banana), several hundred kilometers further north. Stopped off at Bulahdelah for lunch, where we had a surprisingly good lamb burger (Ieuan) and egg and beetroot wrap (Lou). During the afternoon we got pulled over for speeding on the Pacific Highway, Lou was at 118kph in a 100 zone, (73 mph in a 62). Fortunately despite all that we’d heard about Australian Police fining you for 1kph over, the nice police woman let us off, telling us that she didn’t want to spoil our holiday. We proceeded at the designated speed limit for the rest of the day, unlike the other road users.
Ieuan spotted a Kangaroo attempting to cross the road, despite numerous Koala signs we don’t manage to spot a wild one. Arrive at Coffs Harbour were we don’t wee the big banana but do find our campsite. Lou cooks spag bol for tea and we drink the first of our Tyrrell wine purchases.
Left the beautiful Hunter Valley to head to Coffs Harbour (home of the big banana), several hundred kilometers further north. Stopped off at Bulahdelah for lunch, where we had a surprisingly good lamb burger (Ieuan) and egg and beetroot wrap (Lou). During the afternoon we got pulled over for speeding on the Pacific Highway, Lou was at 118kph in a 100 zone, (73 mph in a 62). Fortunately despite all that we’d heard about Australian Police fining you for 1kph over, the nice police woman let us off, telling us that she didn’t want to spoil our holiday. We proceeded at the designated speed limit for the rest of the day, unlike the other road users.
Ieuan spotted a Kangaroo attempting to cross the road, despite numerous Koala signs we don’t manage to spot a wild one. Arrive at Coffs Harbour were we don’t wee the big banana but do find our campsite. Lou cooks spag bol for tea and we drink the first of our Tyrrell wine purchases.
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