点评:In September 2021 my wife and I enjoyed a very pleasant one week stay in the Granite Belt region of Queensland staying in the delightful Fergies Hill Spa Cottage located in the Granite Ridge Winery at Ballandean, very near to the Queensland/New South Wales border on the Queensland side.
Our plan for this one week stay was to visit lots of Granite Belt wineries and enjoy the many tourist attractions in the area.
Ballandean is 20 kilometres south, south west of Stanthorpe (the main town in the Granite Belt) and is 240 kilometres south –west of Brisbane, about a 3 hour’s drive away.
On our first full day after we arrived at the Cottage, we took a drive into Stanthorpe to get some meat and grocery items to cook meals ourselves in the Cottage, which is fully self contained. Before doing our shopping we took a short 5 minute drive up to the Mount Marley Lookout from the town centre, where we were able to get some fabulous panoramic views of the town of Stanthorpe.
There is a fenced off area at the top of the summit with two large highly magnified binoculars provided, which were free of charge to let visitors pinpoint certain landmarks more easily. There were picnic tables with seating and visitors can enjoy a short walk around the summit, which follows a narrow concreted path through the trees. This walk is very scenic.
There were quite a number of visitors up on the summit when we visited, which demonstrated the Lookout’s popularity.
This is a must do for visitors to Stanthorpe to get a different perspective of this charming, enterprising town.
翻译:2021 年 9 月,我和我的妻子在昆士兰花岗岩带地区度过了非常愉快的一周,住在令人愉快的 Fergies Hill Spa 小屋,该小屋位于 Ballandean 的 Granite Ridge 酒庄,非常靠近昆士兰州/新南威尔士州的边界昆士兰一侧。
我们这一周逗留的计划是参观许多 Granite Belt 酒庄,并享受该地区的许多旅游景点。
Ballandean 位于 Stanthorpe(花岗岩带主要城镇)西南 20 公里处,距布里斯班西南 240 公里,约 3 小时车程。
在我们到达小屋后的第一天,我们驱车前往斯坦索普购买一些肉类和杂货,以便在完全独立的小屋中自己做饭。在购物之前,我们从镇中心驱车 5 分钟到达马利山观景台,在那里我们可以欣赏到斯坦索普镇的壮丽全景。
山顶有一个用围栏围起来的区域,提供两个免费的大型高倍双筒望远镜,让游客更容易找到某些地标。有带座位的野餐桌,游客可以在山顶周围散步,沿着一条狭窄的混凝土小路穿过树林。这条路风景非常好。
我们去的时候,山顶上游人不少,可见观景台的人气。
对于来到斯坦索普的游客来说,这是一个必须做的事情,可以从不同的角度了解这个迷人、进取的小镇。