Thursday, 30 September 2010

Tulip Time 2010


I absolutely love tulips, and until very recently I had never seen them growing in the ground. Ever since Mr Ladybird and I moved to Sydney around 2 years ago, I had heard about Bowarl Tulip Time but we had never got around to visiting the Southern Highlands. This year though, we pencilled the event into our diaries nice and early and we made a weekend of it.





It was absolutely wonderful, and I look forward to sharing some of the highlights with you over the next week or so. But of course, first I must share with you some more pitctures of the beautiful display of tulips at Corbett Gardens in Bowral.






Following our stroll through the gardens, we made our way to the market behind Corbett Gardens where we had some lunch and checked out the stalls showcasing local food and wines.


Some of my favourite food that I sampled came from two prominent berry farms in the Southern Highlands. From Montrose Berry Farm we try their award winning raspberry jam and I'm sold - it intensely flavoursome and not too sweet, so I snap up a jar for home.



At the Cuttaway Creek Raspberry Farm stall I meet Nicki who tells me about their farm and gives me a sample of their multi-award winning raspberry wine vinegar. It absolutely blows me away, and it's no surprise that Justin North speaks highly of this product. I have to have it, and the last tart for sale also looks gorgeous, so I take it too :)



We move onto the wines, and I am very impressed by the Southern Highlands wines on offer. It is as this point we decide we just can't leave the highlands without visiting at least one vineyard, but I'll tell you more about that in posts to come!

We sample some gorgeous white wines from the region, and our favourites of the day are the Eling Forest 2009 Verdhelo and the Tertini 2009 Arneis.



Tulip Time is still on everyone, so there's no better time to head to the Southern Highlands, only 1.5 hours south of Sydney! The weather's perfect for it at the moment, so if you want to get out of Sydney this long weekend I'd definitely recommend checking out the region :)

Tulip Time
21 September - 4 October 2010
Entry $8 for adults, $5 concession


Ladybird x
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7 comments:

  1. The InTolerant Chef ™30 September 2010 at 20:52

    I'd love to try that vinegar! Yumm...

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  2. Sweet artichoke1 October 2010 at 00:20

    What a lovely, colourful post! I love raspberry vinegar (especially on beetroots!!) and anything with raspberries!
    Here, autumn has started... with all the shades of orange, brown and yellow!

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  3. Celeste @ Berrytravels1 October 2010 at 12:04

    Oh your photos of the tulips are beautiful! That vinegar sounds rather intriguing as well. It must be tulips season, I keep seeing them around!

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  4. Emma @CakeMistress1 October 2010 at 21:06

    Photos like these make me so happy. What a beautiful place! Spring is definitely here when the bulbs are flowering and the white wine is flowing :)

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  5. Rose2 October 2010 at 23:30

    wow, how beautiful. I love events like this! Spring is certainly my favourite time of year, I mean just look at the colours of those tulips :)

    Rose

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  6. Conor @ Hold the Beef4 October 2010 at 00:48

    These photos make me feel a little giggly and hand-clappy that it's spring :D

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  7. May King14 October 2010 at 10:57

    So glad you enjoyed everything. Wonderful photos...We certainly loved meeting so many lovely people at the Southern Highlands Food & Wine Assoc. stand!
    All of our members welcome you to our beautiful part of the world. Any season there is a reason to visit. "So close...a world away"
    www.southernhighlands.net.au

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