Yarra Valley

Saturday took us out to the Yarra Valley - the wine region just an hour or so's drive from Central Melbourne.  I went out there with Simon three years ago, but the place has been transformed by the recent rain.  Wonderfully green.  We popped to Domain Chandon for lunch, which produces for all intents and purposes Champagne - they just can't call it that because they're in the wrong bit of the world.  It was then on to a couple of other wineries - finishing at Yearing Station.  Simon bought a fine bottle on the understanding that he'll open it in about 10 years (when it's supposed to get even better) as long as Eve and I come to visit.  That was later revised to 8 years when we realised that there was no Ashes series in Australia in 10 years.