Hunter Valley & Blue Mountains A couple of days in the Hunter Valley and a night staying at a winery meant that Laurie had to sample some of Australia's finest wines just to make sure they were keeping up the standards
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Hunter Valley Resort
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They brew Blue Tongue beer here too!
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Winery tour (the hard hat is for when you fall over after the tasting)
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...where's the beer???
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the winery produces 7 million litres of wine a year |
it wasn't the cleanest or tidiest of places
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skins, pips and stalks after the juice has been extracted
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cooling pipes |
it's cold in here!
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wine waiting for bottling. bulk delivery
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Tempus 2 Winery
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Blue Mountains This is the wilderness getaway for Sydney. Just 65kms from the city, it was once an impenetrable barrier to the early settlers wanting to move inland . It took 25 years for someone to find a passage through.
Pierces Pass Lookout
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St Georges Church - Mount Wilson
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Mount Wilson
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Cathedral Reserve
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Du Faurs Rocks
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Govetts Leap
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Three Sisters - Echo Point
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The Three Sisters
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We spent the night at Leura
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Laurie raring to go in the morning.....
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Wentworth Falls - hey watch me dip my camera in the water!! |
Wentworth Falls
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Gene Bear helps Laurie photograph the falls
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