The Hunter Valley is synonymous with fine wine and horses, so what better way to mark our arrival by buying some wine and going for a horse ride!
The valley is covered with vineyards, some with household names (Rosemount, Lindemans) and nearly everyone gives you the chance to sample and buy their wares, although with our limited knowledge of wine, we simply tried a couple, thought they were nice and bought them. No swilling the wine around to savour the bouquets for us!
To get us out into the country air, we jumped on the back of a couple of horses and rode off, well sort of. Caroline’s horse decided he’d rather chew on the fine grass we were walking him past, and mine knew the ride inside out, when to walk and stop, and played little heed to where I may have wanted him to go. We did get to see a few Kangaroos, and it’s surprisingly tiring given that we were essentially sitting down for a couple of hours. Sure do think it’s going to be hurting tomorrow though!