Showing posts with label victoria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label victoria. Show all posts
Friday, September 23, 2011
Sunday, July 17, 2011
montalto vineyard and olive grove
Ahhh.. Montalto montalto! What a beautiful place to be having our last lunch of the trip.
Sunlight pours in with no reserves. Thank God Red Hill Cheesery wasn't open, otherwise we wouldn't have been there.
Qivin totally kept his fine dining etiquette. Totally. Haha..
To start with, a choice of plain or olive bread. Dipped in their "limited edition" extra virgin olive oil of course. Available next door. Haha. SO GOOD.
Cauliflower souffle. Like steamed egg. Only better. Much better.
Snapper.
Mussels beside the snapper.
Duck. Recommended.
Lamb.
Sadly, we had no time for desserts. A baby was waiting for us in the city. But I guess it was a good thing, otherwise we'd have to wash their dishes for em.
Free macaroons!! Qivin already put one in his mouth before I could grab a photo........
So if you're feeling a bit posh and wouldn't mind the drive down, go check out country Victoria's best restaurant. So I was told.
We all went home with empty pockets.
Monday, July 4, 2011
Friday, July 9, 2010
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
burnt and bruised
1000 lambs last week, another 1000 this week. Drench, inject, feed selenium, punch ear tag, repeat x2000.
Since that was done yesterday, we did some fencing today. No, not those with the super cool white power ranger suits and swords. More like the ones under the hot Australian sun up on a slope (A VERY STEEP ONE), with barbed wires and annoying pokey grass seeds that get in your boots, not mentioning that other responsibility as a human fly magnet.
Since I was wearing my sexy shorts, the prickly bushes gave me some unpleasant scratches. I also pierced my elbow today with the barbed wires, found heaps of spiders and a set of snake skin, and got ugly sunburns.
Oh but I'm truly enjoying myself. Dave brings us to his occasional meetings throughout the week, like the one last night with the Rotary Club. It was good fun talking to a bunch of old blokes, funny people they are. Meal was good too. Had a talk on AIDS since 1 December is World AIDS Day.
It's amazing, the stuff we discover each day. Rabbit skulls, pepper trees (which tasted good, by the way), rabbit holes, etc.
But I can't wait till I get on that plane.
Since that was done yesterday, we did some fencing today. No, not those with the super cool white power ranger suits and swords. More like the ones under the hot Australian sun up on a slope (A VERY STEEP ONE), with barbed wires and annoying pokey grass seeds that get in your boots, not mentioning that other responsibility as a human fly magnet.
Since I was wearing my sexy shorts, the prickly bushes gave me some unpleasant scratches. I also pierced my elbow today with the barbed wires, found heaps of spiders and a set of snake skin, and got ugly sunburns.
Oh but I'm truly enjoying myself. Dave brings us to his occasional meetings throughout the week, like the one last night with the Rotary Club. It was good fun talking to a bunch of old blokes, funny people they are. Meal was good too. Had a talk on AIDS since 1 December is World AIDS Day.
It's amazing, the stuff we discover each day. Rabbit skulls, pepper trees (which tasted good, by the way), rabbit holes, etc.
But I can't wait till I get on that plane.
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