As
anticipated, we did a wine tour today which was very interesting, both from a
wine perspective and from the perspective of gaining an understanding of the
Hunter Valley. While Cessnock started life as a mining town and is still a town
where many people associated with the mining industry live, most of its mines,
which were underground mines, are now closed and there is no sign of any mining
here. The mining activity now takes place as open cut operations well to the
north west of here.
Unfortunately
I forgot to take a camera today so no photos again.
The wine
industry around the Pokolbin area where we visited today looks to be in great shape
and the country looks very healthy. We’re told that it is currently looking as
well as it ever looks and that the 2014 crop will be a bumper crop. The
wineries we saw all looked very prosperous.
The weather
continues to be inclement and, as we head north tomorrow, it appears that we
are heading for more inclement weather.
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