Australia - Yarra Valley - Choppers and Vino

We were whisked away to Yarra Valley the day after our arrival in Melbourne. Yarra Valley is best known as wine central. We stayed at a great cottage at the Healesville Sanctuary, with a great fireplace that we took serious advantage of. Our lovely hosts of the moment are Mehr's cousins, Ryan, Lori and baby Aidan. Ryan and Lori share our keen enthusiasm for red wine and yummy cheese; sixteen month old Aidan shares our keen enthusiasm for playing games.



Our big day out in Yarra kicked off with nothing short of a HELICOPTER ride to our first winery.



Having never been in a helicopter before, I can verify that it is in fact awesome.



And boy, do you feel VIP rocking up to the winery via the heliport landing area on the property. We then toured the Dominic Portet, St. Hubert's and Yering Station wineries (with a number of tastings at each). My favourite was Yering's Shiraz Viognier.

The rest of the weekend was spent eating amazing food, playing with the baby or board games like Trivial Pursuit and SceneIt?, drinking delicious red wine, and savouring the fabulous fireplace in our country chalet.



Not too bad. Not too bad at all...