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We had ridden around the entire valley area, inlcuding the nearby town of Cessnock. Even with the drought, it was beautiful. We had tried renting a helicopter the day before, but we had wind gusts of up to 50mph! Riding that day was insane! We were at a 45 degree angle at some points, it reminded me of a trip out west with Mike Cannady years ago where we had 60 mph winds across the plains. We managed to rent a plane, but even up to the minute we took off, we were not sure we were going to be able to go. The small plane, a single engined Piper Cub was late returning, so we were given a larger plane, which made things MUCH smoother in the air.

We rented a Commanche Twin for an hour tour around the lower Hunter Valley   Liftoff! There is nothing like flying in a really small plane   Broken Back Ridge to the left.   Our cottage is about 2 miles to the north, just to the right of the ridge               Vineyards   The Lindemans Vineyard. The town is Kirra Kirra   The look out we took pics at is just at the top of the photo   Jane concentrating on her flying             The Hunter Valley Gardens we visited. You can see the effects of the drought   Landing.

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