Blogs from Yarra Valley, Victoria, Australia, Oceania - page 2

Aujourd'hui on va bosser au restaurant, il faut repeindre les toilettes du bar. On suit Tiana et on arrive 15 mins plus tard au restaurant le Wellers. Stuart ainsi qu’un peu de personnel sont à pied d’œuvre, ils emploient en tout 22 personnes !! On fait un petit tour du propriétaire, puis Tiana nous donne tout le matos, certains outils sont inutilisables et d’autres nécessaires manquent. On remarque la différence avec Greg qui lui avait exactement ce qu’il fallait et prenait soin de ses outils. On fini par avoir tout ce qu’il faut, c’est parti mon kiki. Les couleurs actuelles sont assez affreuses, rose et bleu pastel pour les femmes et les hommes., en plus d’être moches c’est so cliché !! Avant de peindre il faut nettoyer et préparer les surfaces, on mastique, on colle du ... read more

We were up bright and early for our winery day tour. A small bus came to pick us up and then headed into the city for the rest of the pickups. We had a full bus of about 24 people. We drove out of Melbourne and into the Yarra Valley known for it's wineries. Our first stop was at Yerring Farm, a small boutique winery. We were given instructions on how to properly critique the wine, swirling the glass, sniffing it all that fun stuff. Then we got to the best part, tasting! They had a bar set up with all kinds of wines to try and we could try as many as we wanted. They had a sweet chardonnay dessert wine that was my favorite. I think I tried like 10 different wines there. Next ... read more

Yarra Valley We spent 4 nights staying in the Yarra Valley at a family friend’s place, Lynn. Here we explored some of the Yarra Valley Wineries and took time to sample some lovely wine. We took a tour of the Domaine Chandon winery, which is linked to Moet and Chandon, and learnt Moet is pronounced with the T as the origin is Dutch. We sampled their sparkling wine range including a sparkling pinot noir (cold and bubbly red?!?), which was different but tasted great. We also checked out a couple of other wineries on another day, only a few sips at each though! We spent time at a Wildlife Park seeing kangaroos, koalas, Tasmanian devils, platypus and other Australian wildlife. Natalie enjoyed feeding the kangaroos and seeing all the animals she hadn’t managed to see in ... read more

You’d be forgiven for thinking all caravan parks are the same: a flat area accommodating rows of identical tin sheds on wheels, slightly grotty ablution blocks, an even grottier camp kitchen and a motley collection of kids playground equipment. One of my favourite Monty Python quotes was “...as much imagination as a caravan park,” so while the thought of travelling around Australia had a lot of appeal, the prospect of a continual succession of caravan parks did not. However, Australia has taken the caravan park to another level, making it part of the cultural art form which they adore - being out in the great outdoors. Every van park we have stayed in has had its own particular character, its good points and its bad points - either of which makes it memorable. We’ve been on ... read more

Hey Everyone! So, I did a bunch of stuff this weekend that I NEVER would have done! I'm proud of myself! A bunch of us joined the Mountaineering Club and went on their "big weekend." which means we go camping for a weekend in the Yarra Valley area and do a bunch of outdoorsy campy things. It was definitely a challenge....especially with my minor fear of heights. We got there Friday evening and set up camp, which consisted of me and the other girls I went with picking a spot on the ground to put out sleeping bag on. We slept under the stars and I got to see the Southern Cross constellation! BEAUTIFUL! There were so many stars. I slept like a rock, so much so that I didn't know until the morning that our ... read more