After almost two months of working 7 days a week, I felt it was time for some well deserved rest and relaxation in the Hunter Valley. For those outside of NSW (or Australia for the matter) the Hunter Valley is two hours drive north of Sydney. The region boasts some of the best wineries in the country and the winding road and picture perfect scenery is absolutely magic.

Without making you too jealous, when we arrived we drove around some of the vineyards and picked up a few bottles of quality wine. Unfortunately for my wife Katherine, and fortunately for me, she can’t drink alcohol, so I managed to drink her share and proceed to fall asleep for the rest of the afternoon. Now that is what I can relaxing! However, when I woke up I almost had a heart attack because Katherine had put a whole cup of bubble bath into the spa and I literally had to rescue her from being completely swallowed by the bubbles. By that stage it was dark so we walked across to the beautiful restaurant and shared a great meal. This was followed by more wine then building a fire and eating toasted marshmallows for dessert.

Day number two was more of the same so all in all, it was a very relaxing time and I am now feeling rejuvenated and looking forward to Friday’s book launch. Here are a couple of photos. If you click on each of them you can upsize them.

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