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As Many Free Grapes as you can Eat!

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February 13th 2009
It seems the grapes have run out as far as McWilliams winery are concerned and my services as a harvest labourer / grape dynamo are no longer required. The last three weeks spent in the Hunter Valley YHA have been a stark contrast to the peaceful earlier two weeks working there, with the hostel jam-packed full of grape pickers to the point where you can barely fit your food in the fridge or get a ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Hunter Valley

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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