First thing in the morning, we headed off for the town of Red Hill on the Mornington Pennisula. It was about a 90 min drive, we rented a Prius to test a hybrid - it passed with flying colours:
We arrived at Red Hill Cheese Farm for our goat cheese making class (a birthday present for Noel, booked back in November). It was very interesting, and fun ... we also got to wear really daggy (uncool) hairnets.
That evening, we visited a couple of wineries. Noel sampled, since Pete was driving.
We also checked out Chapman's Point, which overlooks Port Philip Bay:
That night we had a really romantic dinner at Red Hill Estate - sorry, no pictures :)
The next morning we went to a Strawberry farm for u-pick. We had a delicious breakfast of scones, cream, and strawberry jam - mmmm...
The strawberries were so pretty!
Then we checked out a micro-brew:
They grow their own organic hops onsite - these are hops:
They brew about 2,000 liters each week!
We even met the "brew-dog":
We visited a couple of more wineries, and Noel tried driving the Prius - her first time driving on the left!
Then, we drove down to Sorrento (at the tip of the peninsula). We stopped in at a local bakery to try their "famous" vanilla slice, which is an Aussie desert that consists of vanilla custard b/w two sheets of pastry - yum!
All in all, it was a great weekend! Very romantic, and a bit cheesy!!
