I've had quite a contrasting couple of days. Today I went on a trip to Canberra, the capital of Australia and location of its parliament. Yesterday, however, I went to a wine festival. Oh yes. New South Wales has lots of wine producers, but most of the bigger companies in Australia are based in Victoria or South Australia. In an attempt to raise the profile of local wine, the Sydney Morning Herald is holding a wine week with lots of events at restaurants and the like around the state. The opening event was held in Hyde Park yesterday, and involved over 100 producers in little gazebos, many food stalls run by local restauranteurs, live jazz, glorious sunshine and a very drunk Sarah. I wandered along for the start at 11am and, feeling up for it, bought
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