We assume the photo wars between proud fathers will begin in due course.
In the meantime:
If Newcastle people need to dry out for a few days, Mudgee also copped some rain just prior to last weekend, but rather than devestation the place has come up quite a treat, and a verdure not seen for many years. Here are some views from our shack last weekend:
That is Mudgee down in the fog, amidst the lowlanders.
And the view to the east, with Newcastle somewhere beyond the ranges.
Available for bahmitzvahs, christenings, weddings....
Poor Kimi has another two names to contend with for the next Roff Christmas. Maisie Ann maybe not a problem, but asked to spell Xavier responded with z-a-b-i-a, just as it sounds.
9 comments:
Geeze that looks nice. I finally opened your home brew last weekend and it just confirms how much money we waste buying the concoction of chemicals laughingly called "beer" in bottle shops and supermarkets. I still have one unopened bottle and will save it for a special occasion. We WILL use your house in (or near) Mudgee as soon as we can make the arrangements. Now that I think about it, what about a camping Christmas? You do have an olympic-size pool, don't you?
Bren & Kimi
Mudgee looks wonderful. From experience I can recommend that the Magpies get a bit "frisky" in that area so keep your heads down in the mating season and Kimi don't wear your hair in a bun.
Cathie and I were in Margaret River last week and the incredible thing is that compared to areas like the Hunter Valley, Coonawarra, Barossa, Mclaren Vale et al (who is this al?) in MR it is very difficult to actually spot a vineyard. Mudgee is a bit the same. You are living (albeit on a weekend pass) in the garden of eden, when it rains,
and thank you for the invitation we would love to come and stay, maybe for a year?
Have you caught up with Paul Ryan, who I think has a property up that way?
Ash
PS
Having seen the magnificence of your property, it makes me wonder whether, instead of being an an officer of the court, I should have been a verderer.
Ash
Looks fantastic! And cheers Brendan for the scholarship info. It's looking quite tempting...
Ash you mustn't have been to Mudgee for a while - there are wineries EVERYWHERE now especially on the road in from Sydney.
Brendon the place looks great. When we lived in Mudgee I wanted to buy 25 acres near where you are but my dear wife wanted things like water and electricity! I bet she is spewing now after seeing your photos!
Stuart
I think Brendon, that Stuart and Ashley have not relayed to you the Huntington Estate debacle which as a result of, neither of them can enter Mudgee until 2010. I think Stuart should come clean and blog the story.
One day, Damian, ALL wine-tasting will be done the Stuat/Ashley way - we were just ahead of our time!
The Stuart and Ashley Way is still famous in these areas - I think there is a road by that name, perhaps by coincidence it is said to lead OUT of Mudgee. But your fame is perhaps another reason I brew beer, and don't Roff around.
We have only recently had the water connected, courtesy of the rain, and the Olympic sized dam / pool is filling. Electricity is solar powered, when it is not raining.
No sign of Paul Ryan. I thought he lived in Manly, but I don't see him there/here either.
See what Marianne could have had if she had been just a little more patient - water! Women just need to give things a little more time rather than "two minutes ago!".
Actually, Bren, when Huntington Estate was taken over by MegaWines Inc much of the paperwork (including BANS on Ashley Roff and an unidentified friend) were lost and I actully went back to Mudgee without too many problems (except for the tar/feather thing which is always a fun part of the Mudgee Tar/Feather Festival which I happened to stumble into after a day's wine-tasting under the name of "Grant" Groff. What went wrong?)
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