Mudgee weekend

Three days spent driving a Porsche, an interesting group of friends, good roads and one of Australia's best wine growing regions is a good way to spend some time.

The route took us up the Putty Rd. to Denman, Muswelbrook, Scone, Merriwa with two nights at Mudgee. The roads are in quite good condition for NSW and were free of the mobile speed cameras that usually haunt this area. Accommodation in Mudgee was in an old school house that had been converted into a B&B, it was superb.

Lunch on Sunday was at the Di Lusso winery, a fig, prosciutto and gorgonzola pizza with two glasses of their red wine. Delicious, even if it was 50% higher than Sydney prices.

Mars - The ultimate back country road.

Photo taken on November 27th. Thanks to NASA for the photo.

Photo was taken by the Mars Curiosity Rover on February 19th, 548 Mars days since landing. The second photo is a forward view panorama taken from the same location, thanks to NASA for the photos.

Looking back to Dingo Gap 27/2/14

This image from the Navigation Camera on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows wheel tracks printed by the rover as it drove on the sandy floor of a lowland called "Hidden Valley" on the route toward Mount Sharp. The image was taken on Aug. 4, 2014.

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NASA/JPL-Caltech

This image from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover looks down the ramp at the northeastern end of "Hidden Valley" and across the sandy-floored valley to lower slopes of Mount Sharp on the horizon. The rover's Navigation Camera captured this southward view on Aug. 12, 2014, after exiting the valley. Image credit Nasa Caltech

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NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Mount Sharp Buttes taken on day 387. Photo courtesy of NASA