Spill Your Fave Travel Story For A Chance To Win An Italian-Themed Vacay pedestrian.tv - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pedestrian.tv Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
It was terrifying, says Abby Crawford, marketing manager at Winmark Wines. We could see the fires coming down the hill towards us. Winmark was one of many Hunter Valley wineries that lost its entire 2020 vintage to smoke taint. Having already endured three years of drought, the bushfires in late 2019 must have felt like the final straw. And then, of course, came COVID-19.
When restrictions in NSW finally eased in June last year and people started travelling again, the Hunter faced a more familiar challenge: the surprising indifference of many Sydneysiders to the world-class wine region on their doorstep. Many bypassed it in favour of what are perceived as the cooler wine destinations such as Orange and Mudgee.
When travelling between Sydney and Melbourne, the main alternative to flying is to take the unspeakably tedious journey down the Hume Highway for nine hours. This is usually a surefire way of boring yourself into insanity, while picking up a speeding fine or two for good measure.
So why not turn it into a road trip instead, zigzagging around the Hume, and stopping at places that are genuinely worth visiting instead? Here are ten places to drop by if you turn the Sydney to Melbourne inland drive into a genuinely excellent road trip.
See Also
Bowral, Southern Highlands
Sure, there are lovely gardens and national parks around Bowral, but any cricket tragic has only got one destination in mind – the Bradman Oval. One of the world s most picturesque cricket grounds, it also plays host to the International Cricket Hall of Fame. As sports museums go, this is really well put together. Archive footage and talking head video interviews will appeal to the obsessives while interactive fiel