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A: The Hunter River runs through the Hunter valley and reaches the sea at Newcastle about 150km north of Sydney. The valley is one of the major wine making areas of Australia with probably more than a hundred wineries. These are concentrated around Cessnock and Pokolbin but there are more wineries further up towards Denman and from there it is a short step to the Mudgee wine area Most of the wineries are small and family operated but even the large ones have small staffs as much of the work is automated. There is seasonal work at grape picking time which will be with us soon. Some of the wineries have accommodation and a restaurant attached so there could be work available in those areas.