Its getting closer, so a trip down to Margaret River seemed the ideal way to have a great goodbye weekend and a run up to my baby's 21st.
For those that don't know Perth, Margaret River is what we refer to as 'down south'. It is a wonderful area full of fantastic wineries, damn I'm going to be lost without all my yummy Margaret River wines, but thats the whole purpose of travelling, I'm sure I'll find some good replacements.
So, house rented for the weekend and what a marvelous place, 7 bedrooms, 2 living areas, gourment kitchen (nice to look at, but cook ... huh you have got to be kidding), with a view to die for overlooking the ocean. It was kick back in the deck chairs, grab a glass of white and just enjoy .. What a great weekend, we all piled in a taxi and headed off to Settlers Tavern on Friday night to see 'The Beautiful Girls' .. another one of my 'alternative' aussie bands. Unfortunately the acoustics at Settlers wasn't too great, but the company was the best.
Saturday off to the caves, 300 odd stairs .. I did make it, but this trip is going to be very character building :-)
And what a better way to end the day than to make a few more winery visits.
Somehow my one bottle turned into three and the star award has to go to the Lenton Brae Sem Sav Blanc, absolutely fantastic. A very close second with highly honourable mentions are the Vasse Felix Classic Dry, always a nice drop and the Jane Moss Sem Sav Blanc .. Well they should keep me busy over the next week. Just a tad heavy to try and fit in the backpack....
Sunday we all packed up, found another winery or two on the way home, and .. the Margaret River Chocolate Factory .. you don't want to know how much I spent there, but wine and chocolate are going to feature strongly in my diet this week ..