Early in the year, J-Mo booked us a five day getaway here. It's just over the Qld border, and we thought it looked marvelous. It ticked all our boxes - nice view, isolated, quiet, close to wine and food, and very importantly, our own kitchen to cook in. "So we'll be flying?" I asked. "No," he answered.
Now, J-Mo and I are fond of a road trip. I tend to fall asleep and provide entertaining banter, while he drives the whole time. So clearly I get the better end of the deal there.
Despite my concerns about floods, swept away roads, and school holiday traffic, it was actually a remarkably easy drive (keep in mind I only drove about two hours out of nine). Jamie also agrees with that assessment though. It was a lovely spot. While Qld isn't typically associated with wine, there were a lot of wineries around us, and they were very uncommercialised. As LFT said, the place hadn't been overrun by women in linen pants. Aside from wineries, we visited a cidery, cheese factory, Italian deli (for some reason they have a store bigger than the Re store in the middle of a country town - go figure) and the Tamworth Country Music festival! We did only stop for lunch, but you could tell something big was happening.
So the accoms at Azjure were lovely. The owners have clearly thought very hard about anything and everything you could possibly need and were very nice and helpful. We spent a lot of time just hanging out on the deck, reading, watching TV, drinking wine, pottering, and watching the sun set. There were a group of five kangaroos that came and said hi every night. It was very relaxing and pleasant. I think it's only when you get away from the noise and confined spaces of inner city living that you realise how noisy and cramped it is, and it was good to get a bit of a sense of space again. It was also good to get away for a bit after spending Christmas in Sydney. Jamie smashed out the drive home on Australia Day while I consumed diet Bundaberg ginger beer (my new obsession). Pics to follow.
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