Obviously we got there a little too early as most cellar
doors do not open until 10 am, so we started with some delicious morning
tea. Then we went to the local cheese
factory and I was in heaven. Jason was
in charge of tasting some of the wines in the cellar next door whilst I was
given the duty of selecting the cheese.
I may have gone just slightly overboard but they were all so soft and
perfect. Might have to pull them out for
happy hour when we get to Dubbo.
Some of the cute cars that pulled up at the same time.
Jason and Kayla hanging out whilst I taste cheese.
Hamish was under the tree in the backgound with some of his
new friends he made whilst waiting for me.
Our main reason to go out to Kings Valley was that I found
out that the Brown Brothers Estate was out there. I love my Brown Brothers wines and I was
smitten even more so when I found out that they have a range of wines with my
name on them. That is right; all the
ones with Patricia are extra special, especially the Noble Riesling Patricia
which has won multiple awards. So in
case anyone didn’t believe me I have bought a bottle to share and of course
taken a picture for all you who can’t join me.
They have lots of fantastic wines that they only sell at the cellar
door, so of course I shopped up semi-big; I am limited in cellar space.
The sign says it all.
Brown Brothers has a beautiful garden.
Has his biscuits so is happy.
By now it was nearly lunch time so we really had to head
back to Wodonga to pick up the van. As
we headed across the border into NSW for the last time this trip, we had a real
sinking feeling. The reality that the
trip is coming to an end started to set in, but we soon dismissed it with all
the talk of what we are doing on the way home.
We still have the Big Dish, Dubbo Zoo and a Celtic festival in Glenn
Innes to all look forward to.
See I wasn't lying.
Couldn't help myself and had to get this one.
They even had a playground for Hamish.
Our day was awesome until we crossed the state line, and
then it all seemed to go downhill. The
aim was to get to at least Wagga Wagga but ideally we would like to make it to
Temora. So obviously we wanted to make
good time and what happen, we get stuck behind a learner driver doing 80km/hour. Okay so it is only 10km/hour less than what
we do, but we don’t exactly have great power for overtaking.
Beautiful entrance to Brown Brothers.
Thought you would love this Mum.
We then thought we would pull up in Wagga Wagga to grab a
quick bite. I thought this would be easy
being such a big town, but the first place we pulled over had nothing
open. Not even McDonalds or Subway!!!! We then drove around a bit more and saw the
golden arches so thought great let’s pull in.
Well there was no driveway in from the road we were on, so we pulled
into the next side road. From there we
were to walk back, however first Jason realised we had forgotten to plug back
in the van trailer plug. So not only had
we been driving around town without any brake lights and indicators on the van,
we were also worried we may have damaged it.
When Jason first plugged it in nothing worked, but thankfully with a bit
of fiddling we got it going. This also
wasted our precious time.
Anyway we still went and got something to eat and Hamish got
to play on the playground, before hitting the road again. Of course we got stuck behind another learner
driver going 80km and hour and taking every corner at the pace of a
turtle. I wonder if they had their
mother in the front seat holding on for dear life like my Mum! I remember you always saying to me Mum that
even if it says you can go 100km/hour it doesn’t mean you have to. Oh hang on, you still say that now (love
you).
Hamish then decided he wanted to do a wee, so we had to pull
over for him, only to find out it was a false alarm. Back on the road Jason asks for his reading
glasses and I couldn’t pull them out of the little pocket in the car where we
keep them. Turns out the case was super
glued to the car! We had bought some to
help fix the antenna issue and well it had somehow ended up in the same spot,
but leaked onto Jason’s glasses case and onto the car. I managed to finally separate it from the
car, but then had to pry it open one end to pull out the glasses as the glue
had done its job at the other end.
Hamish keeping the sun out of his eyes.
Lovely evening to be out driving.
We did eventually make it to Temora safely and just in the
nick of time really as Hamish was starting to get over it and Kayla was waking
up. Our camp location tonight is at the
showgrounds. They have power, water, showers
and toilets for only $15 a night. We
were sure how it worked as we tried calling the phone number on the sign but no
one answered. A quick chat to someone
else already set up and they let us know that you just set up and someone will
come around and collect money in the morning.
They ended up coming around tonight and as they took our
money they handed us a pile of information on the town and area. They even included a list of houses for sale
in the area – guessing in case you really did want to stay a long time. I think this is a great idea and more towns
should become RV friendly.
Simple re-heated leftovers for dinner and the kids went to
bed early so Jason and I could watch the MKR final and the new show A Place
Called Home. We have a lovely view
overlooking the town of Temora so the day ended on a high.
Don't mind if I do!
Mum you would love it here.
Beautiful driveway.
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