The gates opened at 11am and we got our booked bus outside the park at 10.30am. We had looked at walking as they information centre said it was less than 5kms but when we drove to check it out we discovered it was 8kms, a bit too far to walk !!!! even before all the wine tasting little lone afterwards.
As we had brought our tickets online we had to queue up to collect them which took far too long, many people were moaning and saying that they should have learnt from last year. Anyway we were soon on our way into the Leeuwin Wine Estate which is one of the oldest wineries in the region.
We went straight to the chefs stage to see Heston and he was on stage for about 45 mins, very interesting.
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HestonThe format for the day was you buy GEMs for $7 and these would be used to buy a food dish or glass of wine as well as produce. There were so many stalls,wine,food etc. We thought that we would have to buy a glass of wine to try all the different ones but they gave free tastings, some were very generous and so you only bought a glass of wine if you really liked it. It was great going around trying everything but the time went so quickly as there was so much to see and taste!!!The good queues were very long however so we only bought 1 plate full of food just because of the long wait and that wasn't really very sensible. We enjoyed Rich Steins cooking class and did intend to do more but before we knew it the day had speed by. We did buy some Western Australian truffle oil which Heston commented his restaurant now uses instead of French, it was so well priced and tasted devine.We really did enjoy ourselves but would have opted to go for the 2 days as you could not get around everything in just 1 day. As we had to leave our caravan park this was not an option for us, never mind maybe next time. |
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| Near the end of a busy day |
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| One of the many stalls |
Looking very relaxed Lynda
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