Today we are leaving Adelaide and collecting car from East Side rentals. Our new transport is a Mitsubishi Pulsar.
We head first to Gawler.

This a very pleasant old world Australian town and we have lunch in local cafe.

On the way up the highway we spot some fields of lavender so of course we need to get a photo.

From there it is a quick trip up to the Barossa valley. There is a wine route covering the main areas but it isn’t that well signposted.

We criss cross the valley in a meandering tour of all the major winery names we know, Penfolds and Jacobs Creek being the best known but not the ones held in highest regard.

 

Seppeltsfield, Bethany, Vine Valley and Tanunda. 52kms of heritage trail but we seem to pass the same places more than once. Vines everywhere and lots of very expensive properties.

Eventually  we run out of road so we stop.

A lucky break as we see our first Kangaroo hiding among the vines with Joey in pouch. Eagle eye Maggie strikes again.

The Kincora winery seems vey pleasant.

The bees have their work cut out for them in this valley.

As ever Maggie spots the Rose Breasted Parakeets. They are quite common here but to us they look so elegant and pretty.

The vines go on an on.

We book a room at Tanunda tourist park. Avoid this place it is a rip off and our cabin has seen better days. Clean bed and sheets. Yet that is the best that can be said for it.

We sat in the local tavern which crosses as a bookie shop and the dining room looks and feels like a rural hotel breakfast room, stark wood and feels colder than it is. Share a fish and chips with a glass of Yalumba Chardonnay. The wine is the best bit of the meal.

Then to local pub beside camp ground for a few beers.

They brew their own and the Bee sting is especially good. Then back to the room. It is an usually cold night and the bed is damp.