Next day it was off touring the wine, cheese and chocolate tasting places all around the area. And a very pleasant day it was too. My favourite was a lone brewery. Which had the slogan
An oasis of beer in a desert of wine
Through connivance or not who knows ;) but I was the de facto designated driver as I was the only one insured on the car. Good day though, Domhnall left that evening for a party in Perth and drove up with Leask, Mhairi and I opting to stay down an extra day and go on a Bush Tucker tour.
Which started at 10am the following day.. our guide (Clinton) was excellent. We all canoed up the river, stopping off and looking at interesting points along the way.
like the paperbark trees. The aborigine believe that if you take your sorrows here, and leave them with the tree, that it will take them away, and slowly release them (peacefully). There were many other sights – the foods (like bush celery, various herbs, other leaves, berries (to ferment as often as not)), also plants with medicinal properties (including the buttercup?!? apparently like dettol), and flowers with hallucinogenic side effects (to smoke – eating them kills you).
Great tour though, and the food was delicious.
Anyone know what the difference (excuse my ignorance) is between a relish and a chutney?
There was a race at the end, to win a bottle of wine. Seeing as it was winner takes all, we crashed (and pushed) another boat out of the way just as we got to the beach taking the inside line and the path to glory and riches (and one bottle of white).
The girl – Celine was from Portmarnock – and used to go out with the drummer from a band called Kidicarus that my friend Morgan was the singer for. Tiny world.
Drove back up to Perth that evening, 4 days or something before flying out.. lots left to do!
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