Barossa to Hahndorf

Annnd we're back. I'll recap the other 2 days soon, probably tomorrow when we're in the car for a bit. Up at 8 and finished packing, not much to do since we did it last night, just getting a few things organised, also most places we wanted to visit today didn't open until 10am anyway. We loved our airbnb, would happily stay there again. Such a good location, 3 bedroom and the yard 👌. First stop this morning was the Maggie beer farm shop. They do have a lovely Cafe and cooking classes too. I just wanted to scope it out and see what was available. Such a lovely spot! Next was the Barossa chocolate factory, we were there for a while, taking turns (with Pup in the car) to work out what we wanted, it was much bigger than expected! Back to the main road to pop into the visitor centre, a bit different to the others and nothing I was interested in. We continued down the street, popping in and out of shops. We stopped at Browns donuts, bloody delicious, we shared 2 filled donuts, a lemon curd and strawberry cheesecake. Also grabbed a sneaky cinnamon scroll for later. Wohlers grabbed my attention with their massive Christmas display in the front window, and I think Ben was a bit nervous that I was inside, unsupervised while he was outside with Pup. It was amaaaazing! Their Christmas stuff is up all year apparently, and it was sort of like Myer, heaaaps of different stuff! I spent a bit longer in there than I expected. Last stop was the Old fashioned sweet shop for a few bits and pieces. We headed back to the car to make our way to Hahndorf. I'm not sure that we took the most direct route, as the road weaved through the hills and some narrow spaces. It was a nice drive though, not like the boring, long runs on a freeway. We checked in at the Discovery park Hahndorf, dropped the camper off and went out to grab a feed. We ended up at The Prancing Pony brewery, Reuben sandwich for me, Brisket burger for ben and some crumbed pickles. We had to try to the local drinks too of course. On our way back we stopped off at Beerenberg, they have lots of fun activities too, a cafe and strawberry picking. I just went to shop. Grabbed a few bits, then moved on to the Hahndorf main street for a wander. In and out of the shops and just taking it all in. It was longer and busier than we both expected, but it was really nice, had a good feel to it. I did find another shop full of Christmas goods! I'm so ready for Christmas! We headed back to the caravan park and set up the camper, it's a pretty quick process since we've gotten the swing of things. It's a fair bit cooler too, our last few days have been high 20s/low 30s and we were sitting at 19 when we got back to camp. Nothing major tonight, just the usual dinner, showers, etc. We're off to Mount Gambier tomorrow and are meant to hit a bit of rain, see how that goes.Read more