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Baranduda and Swan Hill

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July 2nd 2012
When we were still at Perthville just outside of Bathurst Dave hauled a bottle of port out of the wine cupboard which had use rolling with laughter. It was a 1983 bottle of ”Kalgoorlie Gold Nugget Vintage Port. The description on the back of the bottle follows. “<em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The grapes of this wine were grown on the south west side of the Fimiston slime dumps ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Swan Hill

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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