Category Archives: Australia

My Epic Monthlong Journey Down Under

Part 1: Sponsored by Wine Australia,

Part 2: Independent Adventure

PART 1:

Departing JFK on Qantas, Wednesday, September 11.

Sydney, The Darling, September 13-15

Adelaide, for Australia’s First Global Wine Forum: SAVOUR, Intercontinental Hotel, September 15-19

Cool-Climate Wine Regions of Victoria and Tasmania, sponsored by Wine Australia, September 19-25

• Thursday, September 19: Barossa Valley, lodging TBD
• Friday, September 20: Barossa, Adelaide, Crown Plaza Adelaide
• Saturday, September 21: Yarra Valley, RACV Healesville Country Club
• Sunday, September 22: Mornington Peninsula, Lindenderry at Red Hill
• Monday, Tuesday, September 23 & 24: Launceston, Tasmania, Sebel Launceston
• Wednesday, September 25: Tasmania back to Melbourne, Crowne Plaza Melbourne

End of Wine Australia Program.

PART 2:

Melbourne, The Art Series Hotel: The Olsen, September 26-27

Alice Springs/King’s Canyon, Kings Canyon Resort, September 27-28

Uluru and Kata Tjuta (Ayers Rock), Sails in the Desert, September 28-30

Great Ghan Train from Alice Springs to Darwin, September 30-October 1

Darwin, H Hotel, October 1-2

Mary River Wetlands near Kakadu, Wildman Wilderness Resort, October 2-4

Darwin, Mantra Pandanas Hotel, October 4-5

Melbourne, Fitzroy neighborhood Air BnB private home, October 5-7

Mornington Peninsula, Yarra Valley Wine Tastings, overnight in Dandenong Ranges A Loft in the Mill, October 7-9

Melbourne, The Art Series Hotel: The Cullen, October 9-10

Return flight home on Qantas, October 10.