Day 6... Kilcoy

Day 6... Kilcoy...

Today I visited somewhere that I have never been before... and I loved it! It was so exciting getting in the car and knowing that at the end of my drive I would be somewhere totally foreign to me.

 Kilcoy is a sleepy little town with friendly locals and incredible natural beauty! One of the locals I met today was a man named Greg. Greg is known for his uniquely branded coffee... 'Yowie Coffee', which he sells from his van in Kilcoy's famous 'Yowie Park'. It was damn good coffee! YUM! ... Now you are probably thinking... what is all this about Yowies??? Well... local folk law says that during 1970's there were many reported sightings of a Yowie in the remote areas of Kilcoy... and because there were so many supposed sightings the local council commissioned a carved statue of a Yowie to be placed in a local park... aptly named... well you know... So now Kilcoy and Yowies are synonymous with one another and good ol' Greg gets to make a living out of it. While Greg made me my delicious coffee... I asked him if he could recommend any interesting spots to visit whilst I was in Kilcoy... He told me about a little winery just out of town (approx half way between Kilcoy and Woodford) named 'Woongooroo Estate'... and boy oh boy was that good advice... Thanks Greg!

The drive to 'Woongooroo Estate' was like a blurb that stimulates your brain-taste-buds before you read a good book. It is hard for me to tell you how long it took to drive the relatively short distance out to the winery because I stopped sooooo many times to take photos... with each bend in the road there was something beautiful that I couldn't resist stopping for. I kept thinking to myself... 'How does this road keep getting better and better... more beautiful and pituresque...??'... I further I drove the more enveloped I was in my gorgeous surrounds... the 'Stanley River' with its eery but stunning skeleton trees sticking out of it... with the most incredible lush, green, hillsidey backdrop... it was so breathtaking it made my heart ache... (this often happens to me when I am particularly moved by something)... the breadth of the farm land on both sides of the road and the way the land is divided.. yet bound.. by fences. This always reminds me of stitches binding squares of fabric together... and for some reason I find the lines created by the fences incredibly pleasant to look at... I also loved the cutie pie cows... even though when I tried to talk to them... they inevitably always ran away... sigh.

When I finally got to my destination... I was greeted first by the lovely grape vines and then by a very friendly owner, Phil! Phil had a welcoming smile and immediately put me at ease... I asked to try some wines and he showed me his wine list. I chose two wines to taste... the first was called 'Somerset Pink Moscato' and it was sooooo delicious. It was sweet (just how I like it) and it had lovely rose and lychee undertones... The second was called 'Somerset Sparkle' and it was just as delicious. I told Glen about my travels and blog and asked if I could take a photo of him with his wine... and he very obligingly said 'Yes'... Yay! He then invited me into his office and asked me for my blog name and he let me know that 'Woongooroo Estate' was on facebook... look them up folks :) the wine is fabulous! It was time to go so I bought a bottle each of the wine that I had tasted (Glen was very kind and gave me a discount! What a CHAMP!!!) and then I went on my way...

On my way home I made a quick stop at a quirky and fun little cafe in Woodford named 'Braisen Hussy'... it had pink sparkly doors and was decorated by highheels, handbags and a disco ball... and what is interesting about this cafe is that it also does CABARET! I liked the quirky and chilled out vibe of the place and they made very yummy coffee...

www.woongoorooestate.com
www.yowiecoffee.com.au
www.braisenhussy.com

18,767kms on the dash... 1822kms down...

xo