This day is going down in the history books as one of the best ever. Mary and I went for an early morning run along the bay in Lorne, which was spectacularly beautiful. All the Australian teenagers were learning how to become lifeguards, and the water was full of surfers.
Afterwards Chris, Mary, and I all got back into the car and headed back to Melbourne; Kendra and Farnaz took off horribly early in the morning to catch an early flight to
Cairns, so we were back to the reduced crew.
We stopped in Melbourne to get directions out to the wineries in the Yarra Valley and to eat lunch at Nobu. Yes, the same Nobu as the ones in Manhattan and LA, but at much reduced prices (without a similar reduction in quality). Kendra and Farnaz ate dinner there a few days ago and gave it glowing reviews, so we decided to swing by, since it may be a long time before we can afford a meal at the other locations. The food was excellent: we started out with a Yellowfin tartar and a set of Lobster, Crab, Tuna, and Salmon mini-tacos, and then split lunch meals of sushi and sashimi and a bento box. Aside from less then great service, it was a superb lunch.
After lunch we went out to the Yarra Valley, which is home to 55 wineries and beautiful scenery. We didn’t have as much time as we planned on due to a late lunch and so we ended up just hitting Yarra Station and Giant Steps wineries, but had a very nice sampling of wine at each, and learned a lot. The Giant Steps/Innocent Bystander winery was particularly nice, with a very friendly man explaining (and giving us samples of) almost every wine they’d ever produced. We took some scenic back roads from the Yarra Valley (Chris was a very generous designated driver) to the airport and hopped on an uncomfortable flight to Cairns.
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