We're in the Hunter Valley, it has been an embarrassingly long time simce i last blogged and i have no excuse because we've not even been working for the last week or so, just sat around next to the pool with our new friends and worked on our tans. (I am now proudly sporting a rather fetching shorts tan, much to Babara's dismay and disgust.) Fortunately, we havent reallybeen doing all that much so there isn't too much to catch up on.
So lets rewind back to new years,which we spent in Sydney!
We basically spent the whole new years eve in a large queue so we could watch the fireworks and see the bridge and opera house. It was free, if you dont count the cost of 5 HOURS OF OUR LIFE IN A QUEUE; we broke the monotony by accidentally causing a small stampede which caused the last third of the queued masses to bunch together and gave some chancers the opportunity to skip ahead miles, while everyone else politely and quietly complained to each other. (Thats how you could tell there were no Australians there. No fist fights.) Once we finally made it to the park we sat on a patch of grass for another 8 hours and drank our smuggled in alcohol. To say it was packed would be an understatement, we were literally sitting on someone elses picnic blanket.
Eventually, the fieworks happened, lots of bangs and pretty lights, then we went home. Pretty much like any firework display ever. But it was lovely?
The next day we found ourselves at a party with lots of sexy people, we had an awesome time and it was actually a really nice way to almost say goodbye to Sydney. We even managed to pose sensibly when a camera was directed at us! Shocker!
After we recovered from all the hangovers, we went to the Blue Mountains for a few days before starting the grape picking. Unfortunately, we forgot it was holidays and didnt realise how many other tourists would be there. We still had fun and spent plenty of time taking stupid pictures and gazing out at the blue-tinted abyss.
Since then we've been picking some grapes. Not many, as we have not been getting as many hours as expected but its better than nothing. There are also a disturbing number of highly venemous creatures in the vines which does not make for a relaxing work environment.
And now we are about to go to Tamworth! 11 days of Hillbilly Goats, country music and probably a fair amount of lunatics. I'm stoked!
