Y A R R A V A L L E Y

Awoke to another hot but splendid day at Mimosa House in the hills above Melbourne.  Were the wild sounds of Parrots and DoDoo Birds awake you to a new day.  After breakfast I helped my gracious hosts try to save there beautiful garden grounds from this immense heat that is literally shriveling everything in sight.  The very striking and eye-opening  downside of when a large hole in the inversion layer combined with global warming/record heat(45+ c) merge to wreak such damage on trees, shrubs ferns just about everything.  Wide spread damage to home gardens and agriculture here in Melbourne area.

In this last day in the hills we ventured over the Mt. to the Yarra Valley (famous aus. wine region) for some sampling of the wines and the have lunch at the foodie  destination  Bella Bedera for a most fantastic Australian culinary experience.  Wine Tasting and tours of Borro Springs, Chandon, Yarra Station and others in this sprawling wine region not unlike California. Beautiful Region and great food and of so nice wines . . .what more could you want. My last day in the neck of Australia will be Peninsula and still hope to have a few pix to post after that trip. Then its onto Sydney 2/3-2/7