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December 2002 : Sydney
Hunter Valley - a couple of hours drive north from Sydney across the Harbour Bridge into the wine region. Stopped en-route to sample Dr. Jurd's Jungle Juice, a port like drink.

The first winery explained the wine making process before feeding us with a big juicy steak and some wine samples - three white wines, two red wines, a dessert wine, some Port and some Muscat!

Then it was time to move on to the next winery!!! Here we had the "swirl, sniff, taste" process explained to us, but to be quite honest no-one was really interested, they just wanted to drink the next lot of samples - three more white and one more red.

Final winery had other delights on it's menu, so I opted away from the wine and tried a drink called Wipeout which was like Malibu, and another drink called Erin's Cream which was like Baileys (but not as nice).

Paddy with 2 glasses of wine at a winery, Sydney Paddy collapsed after 7 glasses of wine at the winery, Sydney
Paddy with his first two wine samples Paddy after the first winery - 3 white wine, 2 red wine, dessert wine, Port, Muscat and a coffee to round it all off
Hyde Park - back for another wander around due to the trip I was supposed to be going on getting cancelled because of bushfire problems. Admired the ANZAC memorial again.
Anzac Memorial, Hyde Park, Sydney
Anzac Memorial in Hyde Park
Wonderland - of to a theme park and wildlife park for the day. Saw lots of animals for the first time including dingoes, albino kangaroos, koalas, echidnas and wombats. Had the pleasure of stroking a Kangaroo, and even watched a very brave (or very stupid) keeper feed a HUGE Saltwater Crocodile his dinner!
Koala, Wonderland, Sydney Echidna (Spiny Anteater), Wonderland, Sydney
Sleepy Koala Echidna (Spiny Anteater)
Fairy Penguins, Wonderland, Sydney Saltwater Crocodile being fed by mad keeper, Wonderland, Sydney
Fairy Penguins Dinner time for the Saltie
Helicopter ride - couldn't resist going for a quick scenic flight, so in I hopped, and off we went - just like that!
Fiona, Marie & Paddy by helicopter, Wonderland, Sydney View from helicopter over Wonderland, Sydney
Fiona, Marie and Paddy all ready for their helicopter ride View of Wonderland from the helicopter
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