The View from Vineyard Hill

Much like Rod Stewart...

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April 3rd 2007
...it was into the Hunter. Andy informed us that just an hour-and-a-bit North was a place known as the Hunter Valley, where all manner of strange goings-on occur. Apparently they have these funny little farms called "Vineyards" where they grow a type of fruit called a "grape". These so-called "grapes" then get all squashed and the juice gets put into bottles and sold as a drink called "wine". ... 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