Day 210

Goodbye Bondi

Today I went to a BBQ at Bondi beach with my international friends to say goodbye to the ones that are leaving and to enjoy the sunny day.

Giulia makes the best Italian chocolate cake, and it looks like Lukas and Diego think the same!

Day 209

I met Heidi and Stinne in Glebe for coffee and said goodbye before they leave Australia.

I also met Adriano and said goodbye. He is looking at aboriginal art that is sold a lot at the streets of Sydney.

My roommate at I had a date at Max Brenner chocolate bar - too good to be true :)

Day 208

The sunset from my rooftop (once again).

My friend Emelie introduced us to the Swedish Midsummer celebration!

Emelie served delicious home-baked Swedish buns :)

Day 207

My Australian friend from Melbourne visited Sydney for a few days so we went sightseeing in the city!

I can never get enough of Sydney Opera House!

We went by boat from Circular Quay to Cockatoo Island, the biggest island in Sydney Harbour. The island is most known as a former imperial prison and therefore it has an interesting history.

A view of Sydney from the old prison.

At the island there was the exhibition "A different time" by Herbert Basedow. It showed the life of the settlers as well as the aboriginal people from the early 20th-century expeditions into central and northern Australia and was really interesting.

Day 206

Sanna is a Swedish friend of mine from UTS, and we went to a café to say goodbye before she leaves Australia. I am happy that a lot of my friends are from Europe, then there is a chance I might see them again :)

Day 205

Rike and I had breakfast at our hostel with a beautiful view of the wine fields.

On recommendation by a local we drove to Tallavera Grove, Bistro Mollines. It was an absolutely charming place with a beautiful view of Hunter Valley.

Day 204

Outside our room lived a Red-bellied Black Snake, and we actually forgot to close our door last night! I promise we will not forget that tomorrow:)

Rike and I were the only ones who booked the wine tour, so we were lucky enough to get a private tour wherever we wanted to go. It was a beautiful day and the first stop was Lindemans & Rosemount Wines that under one roof holds two of the leading wineries in Australia. After a walk at the wine yard we tasted a lot of wine and went on to First Creek.

First Creek is a working winery that produces wine for several other companies as well as their own. We went there on invitation of one of the locals the day before and ended up getting a private tour in their cellar, how lucky are we?

Peter showed us the process of wine making, which was surprisingly automated and all happened in these containers.

  

We had lunch at Hunter Valley Garden where several convertibles gathered for an event.

The region had their own chocolate factory and we went there to taste their different varieties.

Chocolate koala! 

I travelled this far and the first thing I see is Danish Blue cheese.

Last stop of the day was the smallest place so far, Savannah Estate where we had wine tasting in a wooden cabin.