Good ones Jim. I read this aloud to Becky and we almost choked up our coffee. Eewww.
Last day in Sydney as I fly home tomarrow. Will go to an area called the Rocks. Street bazaar, restaurants, pubs, shops and and all this overlooking the harbour. This is one of the first settlement points when the Brits came over. It has the old world charm in all the architecture. Terraced with sloping streets and monuments.
The trip to Denman was pretty cool yesterday. A small town about 160 kilometers north of Sydney. Through some absolutely gorgeous countryside and into wine country. The Rosemount Winery is right outside of Denman. They were hosting an annual street scene so folks from surrounding areas were in and the wineries, olive oil company, cheeses etc. had displa and tasting booths.
The main street was blocked off at each end with these 4 ft high wine casks and the majority of the buildings were circa early 1900s. We met up with Noel Downs (Wirdaz on the Australian board) A very nice gent about 40 with a nice big smile broad shoulders and and a colorful face that reflects his choice of lifestyle. Raising horses and an obvious outdoorsman who appreciates the land to which he was born.We walked over to the Pink Rose Gallery which is a store front with a wooden porch big picture window and full of art and craft items consigned there by local artists. His Mrs. Christine greeted us, a lovely lady, petite with a natural beauty and piercing blue eyes. Quite a handsome couple. She was manning the store as part of a local consignment deal with the gallery and local artists. She displays some of hers oils and scultures there and should be proud her her artistrt. These two complement each other nicely. Stop in at the Australian board and say G'Day to Noel.
He has lots of lyrics he would like to collab on.
We had taken a few trinkets as gifts, CDs from myself and Jim Mason, A and R Productions T shirts and a couple of Tampa curios.
We were pleasently surprised to accept a very nice bottle of Rosemount champagne and Noel put together a small box with a few fosilized leafs a petrfied snail, piece of quarts and there is another I need to ask him about. Im not sure he actually understood how much we loved their very thoughtful gift. Gracious.
The next couple hours we toured the shops, met some locals and ate and Noel shared his song book with some pretty nice compositions. He gave me a book with some of his favorites and I will have some enjoyable reading material for my flight home. Im ready to come home, my back is getting ready to quit again and I better get back to therapy.
Becky and I will come back within the next few years but next time we will have at least two weeks to explore and dive the reef and see some of the outback territory.
Time to get ready for our last day out together as Becky stays for three days to work as I leave tomarrow.
Stll Strummin' Down Under, Al