It was another glorious morning in Melbourne and we were all ready for today’s adventures down the Mornington Peninsula to try out some of the local wineries. Baby Noah was on good form so off we trotted, until we got 20 minutes into the journey and had to pull into the BP service station to help him get some much needed shuteye, it must be so difficult when you want to sleep but can’t sleep/ don’t know how to get to sleep. I know I’ve had a couple of 3am wake ups and not been able to get back to sleep, no matter how tired I am 😢.
Our first stop was Montalto winery, a lovely little winery with a small sculpture walk. Here we had lunch, a white based pizza for me, with caramelised onions, goats cheese and potatoes, and a glass of their Pinot Gris, delightful if I don’t say so myself.
The next stop was sadly closed for a private event, however, the area was not short of options so Dom took me to the Ten Minutes by Tractor Winery, well of course I had to do a wine tasting. Instead of writing about each wine you can just read the menu below. My favourite white was probably the 10X Chardonnay it was quite dry which is how I like my whites. The 10X Pinot Noir was my favourite red, so I had to purchase a bottle just to make sure. I’ve become a bit of a fan of a Pinot Noir whilst being away and have been introduced to some excellent wines. I’ve made a list and you can buy them from a website, will probably pass the list to Papa Wood as they are a bit spenny for me 😂😂, plus he will want to know about my adventures over a glass of wine, and I will try and persuade him to take me back to New Zealand as his tour guide.
We returned from the Peninsula via Arthur’s Seat – no I’m not in Scotland. The name was first used for the area by Lieutenant John Murray in 1802 as it reminded him of the mountain range near his home in Edinburgh. .During a voyage by Captain Matthew Flinders Flinders was involved in several voyages of discovery between 1791 and 1803, the most famous of which was his circumnavigation of Australia, when in Port Philip Bay he climbed Arthur’s Seat and recorded in his journal, ‘The view from the mount presented a large expanse of water, the boundary to which was scarcely visible.’ I could see what he meant, you can only just see the skyline of the CBD.
We took the scenic route back home and Baby Noah was doing so so well, he had had a feed with a view and was calmly sat chilling in the back, until Dom said “we are going on the freeway now Noah, so don’t lose it now” well what happened within 30 seconds, poor Noah was so sad 🥹, either that or he knew the same BP garage was coming up! A nappy change, and we continued this time with me sat in the back trying to make sure he could do the last 20 minutes of the journey. Praise the lord for nursery rhymes, my Spotify daily will be very random when I return home 😂😂. To be fair to him, he’d done so well, he even put up with 4 hyenas I mean middle aged women at the winery.
The evening ended with a bite to eat at Grill’d with Strickos friend and an early night for everyone. Another lovely day out 😍😍.
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