Eggbert's Travels

Friday 8^th July 2016

SHE SAID:

As predicted, the wet weather was on us today.

We headed to the wine region of Rutherglen, staying mainly in the car, doing the tourist drive. We checked out the Pfeiffer Winery (which we went to about 18 years ago), All Saints Estate, & stopped for lunch at the Calico Town vineyard, which also sells Wicked Virgin Olive Oil products. The wines with lunch were nice, as was the hearty soup, but what they did with the Scotch Egg was a mystery; it was VERY average!

The rain continued so we called it a day, hibernating inside Bertie for the afternoon & evening.

The Victoria Hotel in Rutherglen; it was once a mortuary & stables.

The original wooden building that once stood here dated from 1894

Buildings around Rutherglen

Old Court House

This old water tower was turned into a

wine bottle in the 1960's

18 years ago Geoff & I & our Kiwi friend Rachel, had lunch out on this bridge

over Sunday Creek

The avenue of Elm trees to All Saints Winery

All Saints Winery

Old Chinese Dormitories - still standing in original state from the 1800's

Calico Town Winery

Lovely old house on Lake Anderson, Chiltern

Lake Anderson

HE SAID:

Not usually a huge topic of conversion, the soup at Calico Town was bloody good!