Some flower I don't know the technical name for in the Botanical Gardens in the Hunter Valley

A little wine, some dolphins and the Melbourne Cup

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November 14th 2008
After a week in Sydney with Di and Shawn, I decided it was time to take the honeymooners up the coast a bit, with a pit stop first in the Hunter Valley for some wine tasting. The Hunter Valley is about a 2 hour drive north and inland a bit from Sydney. It is a beautiful area, with somehting like over 70 wineries in this area. We did a day long bus tour with Rover Tours that was great. They picked ... read more

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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