Day Trips
Hawkesbury Races
DATE: Thursday 18th August
TIME: Gates open 11am
LOCATION: Hawkesbury Race Club, Racecourse Road, Clarendon 2756
Top Deck Lunch Cruise
WHEN: Thursday 15th September
Details TBA.
Hillbilly Cider
DATE: Thursday 20th October
LOCATION: 2230 Bells line of Road, Bilpin
About Hillbilly Cider
A move to an orchard in Bilpin in 2007 was Shane and Tessa McLaughlin’s inspiration for creating this local favourite Blue Mountains cider. Shane’s first batch of Hillbilly was fermented in the cellar he dug out by hand under the house.
With 20 years wine and cider making under his belt, Shane adapted techniques from time spent in the cider regions around the world including Normandy, Hereford and Somerset. He blends Aussie classic apples as well as heritage cider apples.
Hillbilly Cider is the only cider in the world that uses the Julie™ apple. The first new commercial apple discovered in the Sydney/Blue Mountains area since the Granny Smith apple 100 years ago!
The Julie™ was a chance seedling discovered by Bill and Julie Shields at their orchard located next door to the Hillbilly Cider shed.
