BUSHSPORTS - The Hunter Valley Wine Country Activities & Grape Escape Sydney Group Packages
The Hunter Valley is an adventure escape weekend or
team building environment for incentive, corporate and social groups.
Sensational conference and Hunter Valley accommodation facilities.
Special packages complimented by world class Hunter Valley wines, only 90minutes from Sydney.
Bushsports Hunter Valley Amazing Race Team or Social Group Fun Activities Package 1:
From a 2009 discounted $440-$550ea minimum 12 participants for the weekend! Bonus Free champagne and Hunter Valley Chocolates for you the organiser! Arrive Friday evening for a delicious Roast Dinner & Fine Selection of wines.
Discount Accommodation deals with 2 nights with breakfast in Cypress Lakes, Hunter Valley Resort, Peppers or Harrigans. Awaken to fresh coffee and country breakfast before gearing up for your Saturday event;
Hunter Valley Amazing Race! Includes fun Wine Tasting Challenges in 2 wineries select from Lindemans, McWilliams, Petersons Champagne House, Ivanhoe, Bachelors, Gartleman Wines, Pepper Tree Cellar Door, Pooles Rock, Draytons, Tempus Two, Broken Wood or Tyrrels Winery.
Follow through with smashing Aqua Golf Target Practice before a smelly Cheese Eating Challenge.
Experience inspirational views from The Hunter Rim and Broken Back Range for a bit of creativity or fuel the adventure adrenaline with a Hunter Valley Fear Factor Abseil, Tandem Bike or Mountain Bike Ride.
Wrap up your Hunter Valley Amazing Race experience with trophy presentations and awards at The Hunter Valley Crowne Plaza with divine chocolates!
Free time to recover or explore Hunter Valley Gardens and get spruced up for dinner at Harrigans Hunter Valley with a live band and entertainment!
Sunday relax! Late Checkout and make your way back to Sydney visiting historic Wollombi.
Extra Hunter Valley Excitement options: Morning Hot Air Ballooning over Hunter Valley wineries or Harley Davidson Ride through the vineyards. Day Time Hunter Valley Group Wine Tours, Quad Biking over the sand dunes of Stockton Beach North of Newcastle. Treasure Hunts experiencing the best blends of Hunter Valley wines. Evening Hunter Valley Murder Mysteries, Wine Matched Dinners, Trivia with Fun n Games and Karaoke.
Hunter Valley Conference programs, Leadership development training and incentive events.
Indoor team building facilitation to exciting outdoor Hunter Valley adventures.
Bushsports trained staff deliver an exceptional Hunter Valley Team Building program from bud burst to grape crushing and wine blending.
Engage the THRILL team to organise your next wine country grape escape.
Snapshot of the Hunter Valley on the Hunter Rim!
Location
The Hunter Valley is located 160km North of Sydney along the National Highway (F3).
Bushsports provides transport from all hotels in Sydney and the Hunter Valley resorts to adventure activities and locations.
Hunter Valley Map - locations from Sydney
Climate
Summer 27 deg Celsius
Winter 18 deg Celsius
Autumn 24 deg Celsius
Spring 25 deg Celsius
History
The Hunter Valley was originally inhabited by the Darkinjung people for many thousands of years.
In the 1820's the area was cleared for farming and in the 1900's coal seams were discovered, giving the Hunter a different perspective.
Gradually the mines have closed down, to be replaced by wineries and tourism, with over 4500 acres of vines covering the Hunter Valley.
Bushsports recommends Hunter Valley Crowne Plaza and Cypress Lakes Resort as suitable Hunter Conference venues for Survivor Team Building Events, Mini Olympics, Hunter Valley Amazing Races and fun team activity function centres.
The conference facilities are excellent with balconies overlooking pools, golf courses and quality Hunter Valley wineries makes these a place to take your breath away.
Award-winning Hunter Valley Resorts Bushsports to a host of activities including horse riding, target shooting, Aqua golf, beach volleyball, bike riding, kayaking, winery tours and bushwalking.
Accommodation Specials - Hunter Valley Resorts
Bushsports develops Hunter Valley packages from Sydney Return Phone 02 9630 2222
Cypress Lakes Resort Phone:(02) 4993 1555
Hunter Valley Gardens Phone:(02) 4998 7600
Peppers Convent Hunter Valley Phone:(02) 4998 7764
Accommodation - Hunter Valley Guest Houses
Hill Top Country Guest House Phone:(02) 4930 7111
Catersfield House Phone:(02) 4998 7220
Accommodation - Hunter Valley Bed & Breakfasts
Bluebush House Bed and Breakfast Phone:(02) 4930 7177
Vineyard Hill Phone:(02) 4990 4166
Accommodation - Hunter Valley Self Contained Cottages and Lodges
Buffs at Pokolbin Phone:(02) 4998 7636
Wandin Valley Estate Phone:(02) 4930 7317
Accommodation - Hunter Valley Country Pubs
The Royal Oak Hotel Ph:(02) 4990 2366
The Australia Hotel Ph:(02) 4990 1256
Harrigan's Irish Pub Ph:(02) 4998 7600
Activities in The Hunter Valley
Hunter Valley Bushwalking, Navigation, Orienteering
The Hunter Valley sits in the centre of one of the most diverse and picturesque regions. Sparkling waterways, rugged mountains and untamed forests are all waiting to be explored, complimented with a refreshing glass of Hunter Valley Chardonnay and selection of local cheeses.
Hunter Valley Mountain Biking and Cycling The quiet country lanes through out the Hunter Valley are best explored on comfortable touring bikes, stopping of along the way to sample the areas award wining vintages
Hunter Valley Abseiling Adventures
The Brokenback Range rises sharply behind the Hunter Valley, providing many excellent opportunities for abseiling all with spectacular views over the wineries
Things to do Visit the Wineries of course! Bushsports develops your package. Our favourite's include:
Brokenwood Hunter Valley Winery
Started as a 100% do-it-yourself co-op in 1970. Brokenwood currently bottles some 20,000 cases of wine a year, drawing fruit from Coonawarra, McLaren vale, the Goulburn and Yarra Valleys and local vineyards - including its own Graveyard and Cricket Pitch plantings.
Calais Estate Hunter Valley Winery
A magnificent convict carved sandstone building serves as the tasting venue for Calais Estates. Calais Estates annual crush of 250t consists mainly of Chardonnay (for which the winery is noted), semillon and shiraz.
Lake’s Folly Hunter Valley Winery
When Dr Max Lake planted his first vines in 1963 he did so after a three year search for the ideal site, finally settling on a patch of red volcanic soil just off the Branxton Highway. To the absolute horror of the local winegrowing establishment he planted cabernet sauvignon vines, at a time when there was not a single bearing cabernet vine in the Hunter.
Lindemans Hunter Valley Winery Cellar Door
The Lindemans wine making tradition is more than 150 years old. In the Hunter, the name Lindeman is firmly identified with two labels: Ben Ean and Hunter River Burgundy (white, red and sparkling). Ben Ean in its day, was by far the top selling Australian table wine and introduced whole generations to the joys of the grape. Today Thrill team events and Bushsports works with Lindemans to develop exceptional Team Building activities, Wine Tastings and Wine Waitering Challenges within the Cellar Door.
McGuigan Brothers Hunter Valley Winery and Cellar Door
The McGuigan Brothers have been winemakers in the Hunter for over 50 years. In addition to the McGuigan range, they house a selection of wines from around Australia and the winery grounds also incorporate the Hunter Valley Cheese Company and the McGuigan Fudge Shop!
McWilliam’s Mount Pleasant Hunter Valley Winery
Founded in 1921, Mount Pleasant produces a wide range of classic Hunter wines under the guidance of Phil Ryan, only the third winemaker in the history of Mount Pleasant. Mount Pleasant is part of the McWilliam’s Wines group, the largest family-owned, 100% Australian wine company in Australia. The range of wines includes Australia’s most awarded white wine, Elizabeth Semillon, the Lovedale Semillon, the Rosehill Shiraz as well as museum releases and a selection of varietal wines.
Oakvale Hunter Valley Winery
Situated directly under the Brokenback range, Oakvale is renowned for their old growth vines including the much acclaimed Oakvale Reserve Peppercorn and Peach Tree Wines
Peppertree Winery Establised in 1991 and nestled in the heart of the Hunter Valley. Specialising in Semillion, Verdelho and Shiraz.
Peterson’s Champagne House
The only sparkling wine production facility in the Hunter offering both methode champenoise and sparkling burgundy styles.
Robyn Drayton Winery The Drayton family established a small 32-hectare farm in the Hunter Valley in 1857, with the first wine produced in 1860. Since 1992 Robyn Drayton Wines has been awarded 24 trophies, 39 gold, 46 silver and 86 bronze medals for their wines. Recently Robyn Drayton Wines was awarded WineState magazine’s "Best Semillon of the Year" title
The Rothbury Estate
Founded in 1968 as a producer of premium regional table wines. Total winery capacity is presently 400,000 cases per year. Rothbury, with its striking architecture and the talents of winemaker Peter Hall, is one of the Hunter’s most spectacular showplaces.
Tamburlaine
Run in tandem by Mark DavidSon and Greg Silkman, Tamburlaine remains true to its boutique origins - a low volume, high quality producer turning our an annual 6000 cases of a deliberately restricted range.
Tyrrells Hunter Valley Winery
Still family owned after 143 years, Tyrrells allows you to walk amongst its history as you stroll past old vats before you taste the award winning wines
Piggs Peake
Boutique winery showcasing a range of full bodied unique varietals from the Hunter Valley; (Piggs Peake - Wines with grunt, so sayeth the pig!)
Wandin Valley Hunter Valley Winery and Cellar Door
Bushsports conducts excellent fun team building activities on site. The Millstone vineyards were purchased by James Davern, executive producer of the long-running ‘A Country Practice’ television series. One of the prettiest wineries in the Hunter, complete with its own private cricket ground. Offers a full range of labels including a pink champagne-styled rose and an unusual ruby cabernet. The cellar door also contains a gallery of pottery and paintings by local artists.
environment for incentive, corporate and social groups.
