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May 20th 2006
On our way back to Woy Woy, we stopped for the day/night at the Hunter Valley. We booked ourselves on a day trip visiting 5 wineries, a cheese place, and a chocolate factory. How much better does it get. From 10am, we were sampling some of the finest wines available from Australia. Wines of up to $50 were there for the free sampling. It did get rather embarrassing Lorraine screwing up her f ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more