A small perk of working at the winery was the use of a car. This weekend, we decided to take advantage. We drove to a local national forest area, which actually borders the back of the property we were working on, but has no access except for a dirt road 45 minutes away. (This being Australia, and not New Zealand, we were not going to bushwack to get there. We'd either be bitten by something poisonous, eaten by a dingo, or a combination of both.)
So we saw a lot of Australia's most famous fauna.
See the ears?
There's another one!
Cheeky fellow. The kangaroos are essentially Australia's dear. They fill the same ecological niche, and are about as prevalent. They're fascinating to watch, too.
Normally, that is a waterfall. Actually, normally is the wrong word. Sometimes, that is a waterfall. You'll note that Australia is much dryer than NZ.
Much much dryer.
The view from the top of Mount Nangar. Anywhere in the center of Australia is also much much flatter than New Zealand. But it was cool to look over the Canowindra/Orange area.
It's not all hiking and sweating here. Sometimes there is wine! Actually, often there is wine.
And today we decided to go with our old party trick: Making pizza from scratch.
Pizza, Sunset, and Rose. Very very good Rose.
A view of the winery by night.
The man knew something about drinking, I'm sure.
We took a trip to Milthorpe, and visited a couple cellar doors for wine tastings. Life is hard when there is too much wine.
Followed, when we arrive back at the winery, by a pool party with more wine. Margaret invited a few friends from town over, and we drank and ate the rest of the day away.
So many dogs.
Many, many dogs.
All the dogs!
Squid and greens, charred to perfection on the grill.
And fancy Hokey Pokey (as it is called in New Zealand) or Honeycomb (as it is called in Australia. It's sugar baked with baking soda.
And the next day, back to work!
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