The Hunter Valley
After Newcastle, we made our way over to the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, famous for its fine wines. We stayed for one night in a free campsite and managed to build a large fire from gathering dropped wood. It was camping at it's best!
During the day, we explored the vineyards and went to multiple tasting sessions. Tasting sessions were free and I had quite a few wine samples (which eventually led to Charlotte taking over driving duties). We also went around a few cheesemakers shops and some chocolatiers. The chocolate was excetional; we spent quite a bit of money on chocolate and fudge! Charlotte also bought some premium cheese (that was later stolen from a campsite fridge!). I didn't buy any wine; after all the tasting I was a bit wine-d out. The area itself is beautiful. It is settled below the mountains and is much like the Somerset Levels, if the levels were covered in vineyards. The whole area was dotted with breweries, vineyards and cheese and chocolate shops and you could drive from one to the other all day (which we did).
We didn't take many photos at all of the Hunter Valley - so here are a couple!
The fire (which we were extremely proud of)
The hunter valley in the background, its produce in the fore.
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