Blenhim

Next day we shook off our hangovers and got straight on the road to Blenhim - another absolutely stunning drive along the coast. The hills are quite brown and the rivers don't seem to be that full. We drove over a few 'fords' but there was nothing to ford at all. Every river seems to be dry. I don't know if the area is undergoing a drout; all of Aus seems to be on drout alert, but here, I'm not sure. The mountains seem to pour down right to the coastline though, if it wasn't for the road, they'd meet the sea. Beautiful. So we pulled into Blenhim - Marlborough (Wine conutry) and got ourselves a nice little B&B. We went for a japanese meal at a lovely restaurant in the town, and then headed off to the wineries. There are HUNDREDS of them. We vistited, Hunters, Fromm, Cloudy Bay, Alan Scott and Nautilus - some of which you winies (or winos) might know. We were educated on the local wines and the different grapes, we ate chees, tasted olive oil, supped some nice wine - oh yeah and came back with a case of mixed bottles, a few from each of the places we visited. As you can imagine, it was hell!!!!! ;-)
Dinner last night consisted of a gourmet meal in a lovely local restaurant; and we wobbled happily back to the Motel!