Last weekend we wandered off to the wine country of New South Wales — Cessnock up in Hunter Valley. The weather was beautiful and clear blue skies although the mercury has been dipping to 2-3 degree C in the night. I was rushing a bit before leaving and for the first time ever I forgot to take my camera with me! Yes that is right! We were well on the freeway when I remembered it and just didn’t want to turn back. Dad had forgotten to bring his rechargable batteries too so Ruth’s camera was our only hope. In fact Ruth took some great photos. Sometimes its a lot more convenient to have a point and shoot rather than carting a heavy EOS around.

We had a light lunch at the towncentre in Cessnock and then drove up the vineways, after a few stops at different spots we decided to go to the Scarborough wineries. Wine tasting is always fun we landed up buying some Pinot Noir! Later we headed down to Sydney but the trip back was truly memorable — two kids in the back seat of the car ahead of us were playing charades as we drove along.

We were home by late afternoonish but what followed was even more exciting I had booked buffet dinner at the Centre point Tower that night at 7:30 pm. It was a night to remember. Dinners like these are rare and most of all what matters is the company we were truly having a great time. The restaurant is up in the sky and revolved a full 360 degrees in an hour. Mum and Dad were very touched to have experienced this. It is a pleasure to be enjoying a fine meal up in the sky overlooking the beutiful city of Sydney by night. Truly fascinating. We were happy they had a good time they deserve it. What a beautiful day it had been and what a perfect way to call it a day!