We were really idle this morning and slept in until after 7 a.m. The weather is a little bit cooler today and there is some cloud cover to give us respite from the blazing autumn sun. The Pacific Highway is a bit more like a proper road this far south and we made good progress as far as Hexham where the signs ran out and we took a wrong turn. After 5 miles in the wrong direction we established whose fault this was and turned round. Our intention today was to visit the Hunter Valley vineyards. The gateway to the wine country is a quaint pit village called Cessnock, not as classy as its Glaswegian namesake.
We made our way to the Tourist Information where we spotted a special offer on a Studio Villa (bedsit) that we could almost afford. Sorry about the inheritance girls. When we got there it turned out to be rather nice with hot and cold running labradors, a dishwasher that wasn't Dave and views out towards the mountains.
Having hung up our washing to dry we went out to explore the wine country. Rosena drove whilst Dave took photos and sampled some local produce. We had been recommended to try a local emporium - The Smelly Cheese Shop. Apparently the locals consider this to be the bees knees but it didn't have much that you can't get in Sainsbury's for about 30% of the price. We visited a couple of the wine houses and were stunned by the prices. Wine sold for £5.99 in Tesco was more than twice as much here so we just swallied the freebies and looked like we were unimpressed. The best part of the afternoon was spent in the car park of the Hunter Valley Gardens where we saw several previously unspotted birds.
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