Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Hunter Valley to the Blue Mountains



We headed south to Hunter Valley, the premiere wine region of Australia. We spent a couple days cheese, chocolate, beer and wine tasting, then spent the night in a rest stop. Now we are in the Blue Mountains, a region 2 hours west of Sydney. Katoomba is a quaint little village we are staying in, filled with Italian Bistros and local flavor. The vistas are spectacular, with one of the more famous landmarks in Australia, The Three Sisters (above), just at the southern end of town. We slept in a real bed and had a hot shower for the first time in nine days, and enjoyed it thouroughly. We were planning on staying here for several days but rain is hindering our hiking and outdoor activities. The brush fires have changed our plans for heading south to Melbourne, but we will still drive south along the coast where there are more mountain rainforest towns.

2 comments:

Nurse Nellie said...

All of your tasting days make me so hungry! I want chocolate and cheese, yum :) Love you so, be safe you two and keep having the time of your lives!

Unknown said...

Hey Alix and Sam! good to see you have such a great time. Enjoy.
Bas