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April 26, 2022 In Covid 19, Destination NSW, Family Activities, Hunter Valley Blog, Hunter Valley wine tour, Hunter Valley Winery Tour, Selling Wine, Social Day Out, Sydney Tours, The Hunter Valley, Things To Do, Visit Australia, Wine, Wine Tasting, Wine Tours

Hunter Valley Winery Tour

What is the difference between a Hunter Valley winery tour and a wine tour? It’s something that comes up often enough and in all honesty, it’s usually me who brings up the issue. This is because a lot of my guests refer to our tour as a winery tour. And, on certain days it is…well, sort of. But it may not be. Very often it will simply be a wine tour. Or, more specifically, a vineyard tour!

April 4, 2022 In Australian borders, Covid 19, Destination NSW, Family Activities, Hunter Valley Blog, Hunter Valley wine tour, Kangaroos, Koalas, Photography, qantas, Sailing Tours, Sea Cliff Bridge, Social Day Out, Southern Highlands, Southern Highlands Wine Tour, Sydney Tours, The Hunter Valley, Things To Do, Visit Australia, Wildlife, Wine Tasting, Wine Tours

Visit NSW

For those of you on your way to Sydney and keen to explore some other areas of the state of New South Wales, let us point you in the right direction. Visit NSW! As you no doubt know, Australia is HUGE! And exploring the whole country can literally take years.

March 28, 2022 In Australian borders, Covid 19, Family Activities, Hunter Valley Blog, Hunter Valley wine tour, Photography, qantas, Social Day Out, Sydney Tours, The Hunter Valley, Things To Do, Visit Australia, Wildlife, Wine Tasting, Wine Tours

Australian Borders Are Open

Well we’ve just finished the summer here with our borders closed however as of a few weeks ago, our Australian borders are open to international guests, finally!! What does that mean? Well, visitors!!!!

February 9, 2022 In Cellar Doors, Family Activities, Hunter Valley Blog, Hunter Valley wine tour, Kangaroos, Koalas, Photography, Picnic lunch, Social Day Out, Sydney Tours, The Hunter Valley, Things To Do, Wildlife, Wine, Wine Tasting, Wine Tours

Guest Blogs

Over the years we have met some really wonderful travellers. Excited with wide eyes and an appetite for something new. Seeing how our guests respond to our experience throughout the day is always fun. When we read their Hunter Valley blog, it’s all the more rewarding! There is a lot of effort put into these blogs so I thought it would be nice to share a number with you.

October 12, 2021 In Cellar Doors, Hunter Valley wine tour, Photography, Picnic lunch, Sales, Selling Wine, Social Day Out, Sydney Tours, The Hunter Valley, Things To Do, Wine, wine club, Wine Tasting, Wine Tours

Summer 2021

Well, summer 2021 is nearly here, & fresh out of lockdown, who is keen to get out and explore the great outdoors!!!??? We are, that’s for sure. I’m sure it’s not news that it’s been a slooooow 18 months in tourism. But we are still here! It’s been a challenge and has involved a variety of new and interesting odd jobs to get us through. There has also been thoughts on ‘should we give this all up and pursue another industry?” however my love for tourism is as strong as it has ever been so I’m not ready to give up the reins yet!

April 17, 2021 In Cellar Doors, Hunter Valley wine tour, Photography, Picnic lunch, Sales, Selling Wine, Social Day Out, Sydney Tours, The Hunter Valley, Things To Do, Wine, wine club, Wine Tasting, Wine Tours

Joining a Wine Club

Have you ever discovered a vineyard in a wine region who only sell their wines direct to the public? So once you are back home, you won’t see their wines in your local bottle shop or liquor store? The Hunter Valley is full of these smaller vineyards who sell exclusively from their cellar door. How do you access their wine once you have left the valley? By joining a wine club of course!

April 8, 2021 In Activities for kids, Children, Covid 19, Family Activities, Hunter Valley wine tour, Kangaroos, Koalas, Photography, Picnic lunch, Sailing Tours, Social Day Out, Social Distancing, Southern Highlands, Sydney Tours, The Hunter Valley, Things To Do, Wildlife, Wine Tasting, Wine Tours, Wombats

Social Day Out

Have you ever taken part in a social day out? If not, why not? One of the difficulties I found travelling, particularly when I was single, is finding friends to travel with. A lot has to align. Firstly you need to find someone who wants to go to the same place. then they will need to have time off to go when you wish to go. You also need to have a similar budget. And you need to also have similar interests. There’s no point travelling with someone who prefers to relax when you want to be adventurous. Nor with someone who prefers hotels over camping or Michelin star restaurants over hole in the walls.

March 21, 2021 In Cellar Doors, Covid 19, Family Activities, Hunter Valley wine tour, Photography, Picnic lunch, Sydney Tours, The Hunter Valley, Things To Do, Wildlife, Wine, Wine Tasting, Wine Tours

How Many Is Too Many?

When I first started offering Hunter Valley wine tours, my initial plan was to visit as many vineyards as possible. One of the reasons why was because when I began approaching local travel agents in the hope that they might sell my tour, there first two questions were ‘How much?’ and ‘How many vineyards do you visit?’. And so it began with a healthy 5! As no other tour was visiting 5 vineyards, so the idea was to try and produce a tour better than what the others were offering.

March 2, 2021 In Activities for kids, aviation, Cellar Doors, Covid 19, Family Activities, Photography, Picnic lunch, qantas, Sydney Tours, Things To Do, Wine, Wine Tasting, Wine Tours

Qantas Crew Day Out

What a brilliant day we had last Sunday with our Qantas Day Out. It was my wife’s official last day working with Qantas after 21 years. Like many, she was offered and accepted voluntary redundancy. It was a difficult decision and would leave behind an amazing career with a great company. So, along with a few of her Qantas colleagues we experimented with a Qantas tribute/farewell tour and it was so much fun! Perfect way to finish her Qantas chapter.

February 22, 2021 In Cellar Doors, Covid 19, Family Activities, Hunter Valley wine tour, Photography, Picnic lunch, Sydney Tours, The Hunter Valley, Things To Do, Wildlife, Wine, Wine Tasting, Wine Tours

Picnic Lunch

A few weeks ago, we had a last minute group booking that wanted to experience a day trip to the Hunter Valley and include a gourmet lunch. It was a group of 10 so by this time, every venue I rang in the Hunter Valley was either booked out (for that group size) or had an available time that was either really early or super late. However the group had to eat somewhere! ‘Why don’t you organise a picnic lunch at a vineyard?’ my wife suggested. A great idea!