A couple of nights in the Hunter Valley, NSW, to catch up with my Mum and sister.

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and sister.

We stayed at Beltana Villas. Beautiful setting, spacious villas with a balcony, pool and spa. The visiting kangaroo family topped it off. We experienced one of the worst smells, and it wasn’t an animal. A human had apparently previously put milk in the water intake of the coffee pod machine. No trace in the water container, but the first pod we tried gave a smell that made us gag, as it blasted something more than water through it. Our hosts kindly replaced it.

Brunch at Ronnies in the Hunter Valley Gardens Shopping Village. Dinner up the road at Harrigan's. Coffee from Cafe Enzo.

We managed to fit Mum’s walker (and Mum) in the car, without removing our camp fridge and luggage. We might need more car or less relatives. The least we could do for another serving of boiled eggs. Thanks Mum ☺️.

Charging:

No EV chargers at our accommodation. Hunter Valley Gardens has a couple of fast EV chargers from The NRMA, which worked fine, although the app isn’t the best. All charged up before we finished brunch.