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We visit a big cube, blend some wine and see some million dollar sculptures!

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Since 2019 we have made a number of visits to D’arenberg Winery and Cube in McLaren Vale, South Australia.

Chester Osborn is chief winemaker and viticulturist. He is a fourth-generation winemaker, taking over from his father in 1983.

The Cube, similar to Rubik’s Cube, was a 14-year dream in the making. Each level, five in total, have been carefully designed to attract and stir the senses. The features include a wine sensory room, a virtual fermenter, a 360 degree video room, and many other tangible experiences.

You can explore the Alternate Realities Museum, located on the ground floor, and view the many art installations on display.

Over the years, the main exhibition has been a display of Salvador Dali sculptures and other works. The exhibition features 25 sculptures
and graphics valued at approximately twenty million
dollars.

We also took part in a wine blending experience, which was fascinating. We got to take home a personally blended bottle of red wine each.

Check out our video below.

A Day In The Life Of A Volunteer Chook Egg Collector, South Australia!

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During our travels, we like to push our comfort zone and try new experiences. A while back, we found ourselves living on a free-range chicken farm on the Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia for eight weeks.

We became egg collectors! There were five mobile trailers (caravans) with each pen housing a total of 3000 hens. Each pen was guarded by a Maremma dog. During our time there, we also had the pleasure of looking after some young Maremma puppies. We volunteered for approx 3hrs a day, except for Wednesdays.

Jude collected the eggs off the conveyor belt in a little room at the end of the caravan and stacked them into plastic egg crates. The number of eggs had to be entered into a database on a tablet.

Ray would feed the dogs, clean and refill the hen’s food and water, and collect and dispose of any broken eggs. He would collect the crates that Jude had filled and would load them into the farm vehicle.

We would drive back to the farm shed and stack the crates into a refrigerated trailer. The farmer would take the trailer off-site for processing of the eggs.

We had a lot of fun and laughter and learned heaps about the chook egg business.

Check out our little video below and see just what we got up to.