Originally Posted by dannyr
I agree wholeheartedly. If you are planning to do SYD-BNE, I'd do it this way:
Day 1 - Sydney - Hunter Valley (160km / 99 miles)
overnight at the
Peppers Convent Hotel and enjoy wineries at leisure.
You can do a lot better for accomodation in the Hunter - email me if you want some serious details. I've got a pretty extensive network of contacts in the Hunter, so could likely arrange something out of the ordinary in terms of wine/ beer tastings, etc.