But Northland has a hell of a lot of other things to offer. For one it is beautiful. The Bay of Islands, Whangarei Heads, beaches, coves, forests, towns and even Whangarei itself with its parks, gardens and waterfront are well worth a visit and a stay.
Yesterday we went to the 15th Opera in the Garden, a wonderful event held on an avocado orchard at Glenbervie just outside of Whangarei.
This event, put on by Opera North raises money for charities, in this case Hospice and showcases local talent with a couple of guest artists. This years guest artist was the incomparable Helen Medlyn. What a star! We have seen her perform before in NBR NZ Opera performances but seeing her on stage here was great. She performed some excellent operatic pieces (Flower Duet from Lakme, Habanera from Carmen, Barcarolle from Tales of Hoffman etc) and, in the second half showed another side with a selection of Noel Coward numbers. The woman has talent that's for sure and engages the audience superbly. It was a great day out with a wonderful setting in the gardens of the Kennaways on their avocado orchard with hot and sunny weather. We didn't take any wine as drinking during the day under the sun is not advisable , taking sparkling water (soda stream at home is a great investment) and eating Central Otago peaches.
3 comments:
This post isn't really about wine at all and I find it a bit misleading.
I was going to say that too. Wine was mentioned once, but not much tasting happened. None actually.
When I write a post on nothing but wine you guys say that is boring too. I can't win.
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