Vines in the Hunter Valley

Wine, wine and more wine

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December 2nd 2006
We picked the car up this morning and headed north along highway 1 towards the Hunter Valley. We got to our accommodation at the Hunter Country Lodge quickly enough and then freshened up ready for an afternoon’s private wine tour. The weather had been overcast all morning, but when we stepped out of the car the humidity in the valley was oppressive. It was hot, and damn, it was sweaty as well ( ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Newcastle

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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