Travel east or west out of Geelong and in the first twenty minutes you are likely to come across one of many signs for a vineyard. They are now a prominent feature of the Geelong regional landscape, but the vines that produced some 45,000 gallons of wine by 1867 were Continue Reading
Wine
The Western District: Where are we?
A broad brush description with apologies to all serious historians and cartographers. Welcome to the Western District! Where are we? We are in Victoria, in the south eastern corner of Australia. Take a pointed brush to a map of Victoria; place the tip on Geelong, the District’s main port; make Continue Reading