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Some very dear friends of ours decided to charter an aircraft to fly out and look at the outback after the flooding rains in northern Australia. They very generously invited us to go and so we left the future wine makers with Grandma and headed off on a three day outback adventure.
On the surface this trip looked like a geographical exploration of our inland river systems, however, knowing that four vignerons were onboard, I knew it was actually going to be an excuse for an outback pub crawl.
Captain Bill makes sure we have all our precious cargo
The passengers and our precious cargo were loaded up. The aircraft fuel weight to wine weight ratio was carefully monitored by our wonderful pilot – Captain Bill McIntyre.
After a short fuel stop in Bourke, we flew to Innamincka. The dirt strip is not far from the pub and so precisely 1.5 seconds after landing the vignerons had a freezing cold Coopers in hand.
Two vignerons (Steve Lambert, Lambert Vineyards and Mark, AKA my husband, AKA the vineyard manager) survey the desert landscape at Innamincka and decide grapes don’t stand a chance and beer is the beverage of choice
The plentiful rains up north had the Cooper Creek flowing and so we decided to have some drinks on the bank, under the coolabah trees and watch the outback sunset.
Our friend Tony on the banks of the Cooper Creek.
There’s not a lot to do in Innamincka. The roads had been closed due to the floods and some only opened the day we arrived.
After a magnificent sunset and gazing at the incredible stars, we settled in to the pub for the night.
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“That pub looks the stuff of many a tale!
-- Fiona (May 14, 2010) ”