S-Day minus 12. The blog is up and running and ready to record our epic, retro road trip from Melbourne to Sydney via the east coast, over the Great Dividing Range (GDR) to the nation's capital and further west to the wine country of Orange and Mudgee and back over the GDR to Sydney and the Hunter Valley. Lady P has set a target of 10,000 steps per day and if not reached there will be limits imposed on Flashy's consumption of beverages.
Attica's Summer Camp
Monday 29 March We have booked into Ben Shewry’s Attica pop up restaurant in the Yarra Valley for lunch. This is a treat for Joanne who has lent us her car for the time we have been in Melbourne and as a congratulations for her new job. We arrive in the middle of the Lilydale Estate vineyard to a sign welcoming us to Attica summer Camp – Beware of the drop bears!! Amazing menu and wines. Shewry is quick to point out that it’s not Attica – this is a temporary venture, just here till May. As a diner, there’s a tremendous amount of bang to be had for your buck. Where the menu at Attica lands at around $300 a head before drinks, dishes at the Summer Camp, will cost you $110 per head including drinks. We started with a glass of Yarra Valley Marsanne, then a bottle of Dominique Portet Cabernet Sauvignon to accompany the mains. For the food, we ordered a fresh focaccia with three spreads; curried egg, hot smoked Atlantic salmon and finely sliced pork pastrami drizzled with hot sa...
Already sounds like a fun trip....
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ReplyDeleteDown to less than a week now and only 4 more work days. Out for a practise drink tonight but the step count hasn't started yet.
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