Roos and wine

We had a little celebration last weekend, so we headed out of town on Friday afternoon and headed up to Hunter Valley.  The drive to Hunter is really beautiful once you get out of Sydney. There's lots of road cut through rocky hills, and then more rolling green start to appear as you get closer to the wine region.  

  We got in late-ish on Friday, and there's not much to do at night besides eat dinner. The wineries are located outside the main little town, so you really need to plan ahead and book a spot for dinner. There's no stumbling across a spot for eating! Luckily we had a booking and had a fun little dinner before we headed back to our room for the night. Our drive to our resort turned into a bit of an adventure, first with two foxes running out in front of us. Luckily we were able to spot their eyes and slow down plenty before they dashed across in front of us! They hung out in the field by the road after their wild dash, and we watched them for a while. Then, probably not surprisingly, some kangaroos jumped out right in front of us a bit further down the road. They were really big ones, and one seemed like he was planning to hop straight into the side of our car! He changed his mind at the last minute, but not before he was in arms reach! Shew! The next day we headed out, without much of a plan besides eating food, tasting wine, and seeing where the day took us. It was a gorgeous day, so it was perfect for exploring around wine country!  

Yum breakfast spot

View from the breakfast dining room

  After our fun breakky, we popped into the winery across the road to check it out. 

 

From there, it was on to just driving around. We found a little walking trail, and decided to stroll for an hour or so.

 

 

T getting a bit restless with our walk and pretending to run in slow motion

We popped into a couple more wineries, just to check out the beautiful buildings and the scenery. 

And then we decided a picnic with some local cheese & wine was just the thing. We happened to pull into a winery where some local music was going on, so we picked a spot on the grass and had ourselves a fun picnic. 

And then some chilling out at the hotel sounded pretty good! So we sat on our little room patio and watched the sun set over the vineyards. And some people get married. And some more roos.

 

 

 

 

So OK, I might have gotten a little fidgety and ended up walking around the grounds a little bit to take all of these pictures. But that was basically it for our lovely weekend away! We ate dinner at the restaurant at our resort later that night and then got some breakky before heading back to Sydney on the morning. It was a fun little weekend, and I always love seeing those Roos!