Our First Winery Tour

Well, the no-drinking rule didn't last long... Yesterday we embarked on a wine cruise to Wyanga Winery in the hills behind Lake's Entrance. Our tour started at 11am, at which early hour we had our first glass of chardonnay pressed into our hands. Our guide was Luke, who took us through some of the area's colourful history and poured nice large measures of wine, all whilst wandering around the boat allowing it to take its own course along the river. Three glasses later we docked at a beautiful inlet where our bus to the winery awaited. We were greeted by several more bottles of wine, variously advertised as "responsible for more unplanned pregnancies than any other drink in Australia", "tastes as good coming up as it does going down" and "pinot more". All very delicious and by this time we were throwing them down our necks. We stopped for a bite to eat, which came with a glass of our favourite wine so far. Our group on the tour were all good fun, and lunch was a raucous affair. We were eventually guided back to our waiting bus and boat and, rather subdued, were dropped back at the harbour.

Today we have had a much quieter day, hiring bicycles in order to explore the area and then cooling off at the beach, with the local "lifeys" to keep an eye on us. Tomorrow we journey to Melbourne, where we are expecting hot and humid weather, and noisy expensive hostels - we'll keep you posted!