For drive enthusiasts, photographers, bird watchers, water sports Visitor facilities: at dam wall/spillway – parking, toilets, lookouts and views, spectacular dam wall walk etc Free: to visit dam, fees apply to day picnickers and campers at the lake camp ground if using these facilities. Getting there: 25 kilometres north of Singleton – right hand turn…
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Well, we were all judges at the 2018 Hunter Valley Wine show on Friday 24 August. Not only were we enjoying some great medal and Trophy winning wines, we all had our opinion about these wonderful wines, and also the show system and how the judges came to decide on the medals and trophies. There…
People have been drawn to the Hunter from the early days of colonial settlement. Was it the search for the Good Life and all that concept entails? There is something about the land, the hills and valleys that gets to us, the vistas, the endeavours of people to use the land productively and yes the…
The Hunter Distillery team is pleased to announce we won 2 medals at this years International Wine & Spirit Competition, held in London. We received a silver medal for our Aged Vodka and a bronze medal for our Aged Gin. Aged in wood for three years, these are limited to a maximum 300 bottles of…
At the Dinners Club of 64 recently I served four “older red wines”, none under 20 years of age and all Cabernet Sauvignon. Surprisingly they were all traveling well for their age with the Leo Buring 1986 softened and taking on an almost Pinot Noir character. That’s the thing with Cabernet it needs age to…
It’s winter and I do like a drop of Sherry in my soup. Picking up a bottle of Harvey’s Bristol Cream the other day reminded me of my days at Bristol University and visits to the famous Harvey’s cellars. Sherry was still a very popular tipple in the UK and had been so for over…
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Iconic local bird – Grey-crowned Babbler – [Vulnerable Status in NSW] Guests and visitors frequently ask about this bird as they are often seen in the Hunter Valley and their behaviour is very hard to miss. The Grey-crowned Babbler is sometimes known as the ‘Yahoo-bird’ due to their most common calls. It is given by…
Discover: Local Treasure – North Rothbury Persoonia Unique to the Lower Hunter Valley – is a small spreading shrub that grows to a metre high with green, soft needle-like leaves. This plant is listed as critically endangered, close to extinction. It is quite noticeable due to its luminescent green colour and it produces small yellow flowers…
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Visiting the Maitland Regional Art Gallery in the wet weather last week we strolled into the Open Collection Store which contains some 5000 paintings, drawings, prints and photographs stored in racks, draws and shelves. On display was a painting that stood out of a man in front of some sheds who had unusual glasses…in fact,…
Korea is once again in the news as efforts to reach a final treaty between North and South are rekindled. In 1951, in the aftermath of the Second World War, a group of Australians were called on to boost our defense Force, as we went to war in support of South Korea. These men were…