Wine-derful

Marilyn and Ben Rosenthal spent three weeks on a special Tauk tour with only 36 people. They flew on seven private planes from Melbourne around Australia and New Zealand. In Uluru (Ayers Rock), Queensland, they held a baby kangaroo that was orphaned when its mother was killed by a car at night. It is being raised by a couple who nurses creatures until they can be returned to the wild. The Sydney Opera House will close for two years to improve the sound system, but they were there. In New Zealand, they quenched their thirst in the wine country and ate green-lipped mussels. They watched dogs herd sheep down a mountain and were awed on a cruise surrounded by cliffs. On Waiheke Island, they had a unique wine-tasting lunch at Mudbrick Vineyard that resulted in adding to their wine inventory at home.

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