May 21
It was the last day and everyone was tired and wanted a lie-in. I, of course, woke up at 5am to the dawn light. Meh – no lie-in for me. Ah well.
I decided to go out with the tripod and take some more ‘professional’ (read – taking a long time messing about with different settings that would not be possible with a family in tow) photos of Greens Pool and Elephant Rocks. Read more
The first thing we did in Denmark was to go to a nearby Alpaca farm. The kids had been couped up and needed to run around and to pet fluffy animals.
Pentland Alpaca Farm was about 15 minutes from where we were staying and looked quite promising from the website. I’d had a few recommendations from other people too, so it was pretty much the first thing we had to do.
We were the first people there and had to wait a little bit before it opened. It was worth getting there early though, we had the place to ourselves for an hour before more families started rocking up Read more
So, where were we? Ah yes, wine tasting and long days out.
Well, the next day we had to drive to Denmark which is a pretty long way through mostly forest and on windy little roads. Fun. Especially with kids.
Don’t get me wrong, its a beautiful forest, but it does go on. And on. And on.
We kept on trucking for a few hours until forest started opening up into farms and we reached Pemberton, a logging town, where we joined my parents for lunch
Happy Wednesday, mid weekers! Yes, its hump day, which, now I’m not full of crappy flu, is Red Wine Wednesday!
As you might have gathered by now, I went to the Margaret River wine region on holiday, which provided an excellent opportunity to taste some outstanding wines.
Margaret River is really famous for its Cabernet Sauvignon Reds as it has a climate ‘almost identical to Bordeaux in a very good year’, in fact, some say that Margaret River Cab Savs are the best you can get in Australia. Some vineyards also produce some really top notch Shiraz (although these are much softer and less peppery than the Shirazes of the Barrossa) and some very decent Pinot Noirs and Tempranilo (Rioja style) too.
With that heady mix in mind, this week – I’d like to introduce you to Happs 2009 PF Red Read more
It’s funny – it only takes a week or two and suddenly it’s hard to remember what order things happened in!
Day 3 we got up early and went to see the Ngilgi Cave which was just round the corner from where we were staying.
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Due to various dietary needs and restrictions, we’d had to plan ahead a little with eating out. We’d booked ourselves into Hay Shed Hill winery for breakfast and for a late lunch in Settlers Tavern in Margaret River and then planned out a sort of route between feeds to take in the must see sights.
Firstly, many apologies for the slight absence of posts – I have been a number of things
1. sick
2. working like a bastard
3. on holiday
All of the above have pretty much prevented any kind of activity, photography, red wine consumption and time and/or access to a computer.
Anyway, you now have my undivided attention for a while 
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