We love to travel, and 2020 was supposed to be a big travel year for us. Like the rest of you, that didn't happen. 2021 hasn't been so good either!
We're still dreaming about travel, reading about new destinations, and making (tentative) plans for the future. We hope all of you are well and staying safe... and that you find some inspiration here for YOUR future travels.
Let's hope we can all be traveling again in 2022!
Do you like wine? Have you ever wanted to go to Australia?
An Australian wine tasting road trip could be a great travel hook.
Australia is a big exciting country.
There is so much to do that a tourist could be overwhelmed... you need a focus.
Other visits we concentrated on seeing Australia's cities or natural wonders.
We've been birding and snorkeling and diving, but for this visit wine tasting was the hook.
Wine tasting in Australia couldn't be easier, the biggest problem is choosing an area to concentrate on. There are about 60 wine producing regions throughout Australia.
We concentrated in the southwest part of Australia where the wineries are likewise the most concentrated. We made it a long road trip... something you'll need about a month for, but it's a great way to see the country.
Be warned, some of the Australian road signs
will tempt you to linger and watch for all that great Australian
wildlife... and that will make you're trip longer and even more fun!
In California, we look for Tasting Rooms when we visit wineries.
In Australia, wine tasting rooms are called Cellar Doors...
They are open and welcoming in all of the wine regions we visited.
We started in South Australia and drove in a semi-circle around Adelaide visiting the most famous wine regions around there....the Clare Valley, the Barossa Valley, Adelaide Hills, McClaren Vale, Langhorne Creek and Coonawarra.
We tasted and toured our way through Victoria and Tasmania....
...Visiting old travel friends and friends at Taltarni Winery in the little town of Moonambel in the Pyrenees.
We ended our wine tasting road trip in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales.
There are wine producing regions all over Australia.
A friend we visited in Canberra served us some wine from her home state of Queensland... a very nice Rimfire Shiraz. Wine in the tropics? Yep... And we hope to get there on our next Australian wine tasting trip.
We tasted at 45 wineries in 10 wine producing regions, but we didn't spend all of our time at wineries.
In Victor Harbor we enjoyed the
great sea views from our funky historic hotel, visited a penguin colony,
and rode on a horse drawn tram over the bay.
We did some birdwatching in Coorong National Park then after driving through a sea of grapes in Padthaway, we stopped in Naracoorte.
There we visited caves with the remains of giant prehistoric kangaroos and saw a few modern day skippies along side the road.
We hiked in the Grampians, and explored Tasmania.
We ended the whole trip with three days at Uluru (or Ayers Rock)...
...and celebrated with some Australian sparkling wine.
It's a great trip...
See Australia your own way, by all means...
...But whether you're real wine aficionados like we are, or you just would like to try one or two...
Wine tasting in Australia is fun and easy.
Happy travels... even if you don't travel the world... just remember that life is a journey... embrace and enjoy it! Judy and Mark
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Our 2021 travels were only domestic. COVID kept us close home. Road trips and a cautious flights but still fun.
Our 2020 travels were slim. COVID kept us home too. One trip to the Three Guyanas, but dreaming of travel next year.
Love discovering less touristed regions? The three Guyanas are tucked up in the north east corner of South America that doesn’t get much attention.
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