Painting at Turners Vineyard

Recouping after a hectic but Fab weekend at the Mountain & Rivers yearly painting convention!

We arrived late morning on Friday, after settling in we headed off to a lovely lunch in the Vines dineing room before makeing our way to the convention centre a short walk away, but up a steep hill!
plenty of room for all the workshops, great facilities.

We spent the next Three hours in our workshop, and finished off our project!
With time to relax before dinner in the Vines dineing room, followed by a wine & cheese night with mini market, great goodies to buy! Meet and talk with other painters, about 40 in all.

Next day more workshops!

After a lovely relaxing breakfast of Musuli, youghurt and fresh fruit salad, (amazing variety of hot food also available) coffee and toast on a Saturday morning, we were off up the hill again to start a 6 hour workshop, once again we finnished off our project in good time, with stops for morning & afternoon tea, and lunch in the vines dineing room.
Food at the vines is realy something, it may have looked like ordanary sandwiches and fruit, but the tastes were exceptional, and the morning and afternoon teas that were freshly made on the premises coud not be better!

This evening we were off to our Oriental Oddsey at the Restarant down the hill. What a fun night we had! Some ladies went all out in dressing up for the fancy dress, we had a varity of costumes from fun to the elegant. Rob went as a Ninger, Barbara went as a Ninger's Moll, Robyn was a Geasure girl, Natisha in Traditional Mongolian dress, Annie in Triditional viatenam dress, & myself,  well just say in normal dress, with chopsticks in my hair! I am not sure if anyone took a photo of me!

By Sunday we were all tired, but had a lovely relaxing workshop for 4 hours, again a finished piece! We all shared another lovely lunch of soup, followed by quiche, cold meats & salad. Last of our presentations, goodby's and we were on the way home.

Would I go next year? You Bet!!!