Kangaroos and wineries

Today started much earlier than planned with FaceTime discussions with Nikolas and Frederik during the Eurovision Song Contest. Not only was it still dark here, but it was minus 2 with a hard frost. Very very cold when all you have to heat the apartment is an air conditioner that can also cough out a bit of warm air.

And then, at 9 am, just as Sweden triumphed, it was off for a day trip with the wonderful Fran and her Premium Tour Company to the Marrumbateman wine region. Seven people in a luxury minibus and five wineries.

We hit the first winery by 10 am. He had eight wines ready open for us. 

And so the day went on.

Of course I was mainly on the trip to see the countryside outside Canberra - and it was absolutely amazing. The day soon warmed up and again the sky was a beautiful blue. We were right out in the bush and the views from some of the wineries, with the vineleaves turning orange, were fantastic.

The whole bus got involved in real job of the day - finding kangaroos for me. And we found lots!! 

They are amazing. The bouncing is just unbelievable. You can't believe they actually do it . Of course, I had tasted a few wines, which may explain some of my response.

I tried to take some photos but they kept bouncing away from me. God knows why - I was wearing a bright orange cardigan and calling 'Kanga, Kanga'. You might just be able to spot some  in the middle of this photo, but they are very camera shy.

By the way, kango poo is bigger than you would think.