So, even though Christmas is a distant memory, I didn't get a chance to write a blog. So here's a whistle stop tour of our festivities in Sydney After working for 9 weeks, 6 days a week, we finally had some time off work over Christmas to be tourists again. Hurray...but where first? A few days before Christmas we took a day out in the Hunter Valley - a popular wine trail in New South Wales. I found a really cheap tour company, charging a mere $45 for the day, however, the bargain, came at a price. We had to make our own way to the town of Cessnock, which is 2 hours on the train, followed by an hour long bus journey...so our day started at 5am! After very little sleep, our first wine tasting
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