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    • TravelerWeltreise - Australien
      Day 249

      Das Barossa Valley

      December 9, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

      From Adelaide we drove to the Barossa Valley, one of Australia's most famous wine regions. We stopped at the "Kellermeister" winery - where we were the only guests this afternoon. But the best thing was that the wine tasting was complimentary.

      Beside the wine there is another attraction in the Barossa Valley: the whispering wall. Actually it is just a dam, but if you stand on one side you can clearly hear every word that is spoken on the other side of the dam. It is really funny.

      Von Adelaide ging es weiter ins Barossa Valley, eine der bekanntesten Weinregionen Australiens. Beim Weingut Kellermeister durften wir uns dann einmal gratis durch das gesamte Sortiment probieren. Nach dem Tasting gönnten wir uns noch ein Glas Wein mit schöner Aussicht während wir Mensch ärger dich nicht gespielt haben. Kurz vor Schließung gab es dann sogar noch ein Glas vom teuersten Wein umsonst, weil er sonst hätte weggeschüttet werden müssen. Sehr tragisch, aber Janine hat sich geopfert.

      Neben dem Wein hat das Barossa Valley aber auch noch eine andere Sehenswürdigkeit, nämlich die whispering wall. Eigentlich ist es nur ein großer Staudamm, aber die Besonderheit ist die Akustik. Man kann hier jedes Wort was auf der einen Seite gesprochen wird klar und deutlich auf der anderen Seite verstehen. Es ist wirklich lustig gewesen.      Read more

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    • TravelerApril/May 2023
      Day 11

      Into South Australia at last!

      April 27, 2023 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 16 °C

      For any dyed-in-the-wool Aussie no trip to Mildura would be complete without a visit to the Holden Car Museum. A private collection of this famous Australian car with models starting from 1948 through to around 1990. Although this collection does not cover every model Holden, it is still an impressive museum. Peter’s first car was an EJ Holden which was on display, and then he owned an LX Torana and the XU-1 version of this model was also on display. Carolina’s car is a VT Commodore, but unfortunately the models on display did not cover Commodores.
      While Peter was browsing the Holden Museum , Carolina was taking in the sights of the Mildura city centre which has a great range of shops, cafes, and restaurants. It is a surprising city where we could have spent more time. But Adelaide and the Barossa Valley were beckoning!
      As we crossed the border into South Australia the border is marked by the Quarantine requirements to dispose of all fruits and vegetables. The roadworks however stopped us dumping our food as they blocked off the only road to the quarantine bins! So we ended up at the Quarantine inspection border stop with all fruits and vegetables intact! Thankfully the inspector knew about the bins being blocked and agreed to waive any penalties providing we dumped all our goods with them. Whew!
      It was painted silo time as Renmark and Waikerie on the way have some good ones. It must take a lot of time for the painters to finish such large paintings! The backdrop of the Murray River winding its way through these towns made the silo art all the more attractive.
      Mid-afternoon we finally made it to the Barossa Valley and we were met with some wonderful autumn scenery with many of the grape vines and trees being brightly coloured with autumn leaves. Everywhere we went Carolina was agog with the scenery and exclaiming her delight in seeing such lovely countryside. We will enjoy exploring this region over the next 3-4 days.
      Arriving at our free camp at Lambert’s Little Paradise the site was initially not as nice as we had hoped. The campsite receives great reviews and as we settled in amongst the surrounding gardens and the pool area we began to see it’s good features and it should be fine for the rest of our stay.      Read more

    • TravelerApril/May 2023
      Day 12

      Adelaide, Hahndorf, and Gin

      April 28, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C

      As we looked around our campsite this morning it was cool, cloudy, and raining, and forecast to remain this way but improving over the next two days. So instead of exploring the Barossa Valley today in the rain we decided to look around Adelaide as Carolina had never been there before.
      Along the way we passed through Seppelfield which was once the largest wine producing company in the world. A huge area of grape vines and long palm-lines roads. There was even a family mausoleum that look like a mini version of the Parthenon. It’s amazing what money can do!
      On arrival in Adelaide we parked near the CBD and walked around the city as the weather thankfully was behaving itself with no rain. Adelaide was looking great due to the colours of the autumn leaves in the trees, the beautiful buildings, great cafes and restaurants, and as usual the city was clean and presented well. The CBD was quieter than Peter remembered but perhaps this is due to the universal move away from cities by many workers following COVID. The Taste Australia food festival was on, but Chanel was not allowed in so we missed out on this; Carolina went to the Central Markets and was amazed at the selection of food and goods; and the gardens everywhere were spectacular. We walked and drive around the CBD areas for several hours.
      We then started heading back to the Barossa Valley when Carolina suggested we include Hahndorf in today’s trip, and what a good idea that turned out to be! Hahndorf is a small town in the Adelaide Hills that has been set up like a German town. The scenery on the drive up to Hahndorf was amazing with the lovely autumn colours everywhere, and then the town itself is very picturesque and as a result there were tourists everywhere. Carolina was in her element and excitedly went from place to place along the Main Street taking in all the sights and atmosphere. Two hours looking around was enough to see it all and we finished off with a visit to the Ambleside Distillery for a selection of their famous gins mixed with several types of tonics. The standout gin in our view was the Big Dry which is distilled with jalapeños and coffee beans!! A decidedly different but delicious taste!
      The drive back to Barossa and our campsite took about an hour and as darkness fell this had been a very good day.      Read more

    • TravelerApril/May 2023
      Day 14

      The Barossa on Steroids

      April 30, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

      We could easy spend a week or more looking around the Barossa Valley, taking in the sights, tasting the wines, relaxing among the autumn gardens, and imagining what life would be like if we lived here. We have come here at just the right time to catch the autumn colours and in a week or two from now all these trees will be bare as they shed their leaves and prepare for the winter cold. Our perfect timing to come here now has allowed us to see the Valley at its very best.
      We have spend the last two full days taking in the attractions Barossa has to offer and have thoroughly enjoyed every minute of our time here. Instead of two separate days of travel blogs with each day covering similar items, we thought a single travel blog covering both days is a better way of describing our time here.
      During the last two days we have travelled most of the Barossa including Tanunda and Nuriootpa which are the pretty two main town centres in the Valley. We visited the wineries of Yalumba, Peter Lehman, Hentley, Langmeil, Seppeltsfield, Jacobs Creek, St Hugo, and Rockfords. For us Yalumba was the standout winery with the most visually spectacular with magnificent gardens and seriously impressive stylish old buildings. At Yalumba several groups of fellow tourists took a shine to Chanel and played with her outside, took her to their table, cuddled, and took selfies with her while we watched from inside and enjoyed some wine tasting and Charcuterie (look carefully in the background of one of the photos and Chanel can be seen peering through the panes of the glass door).
      We went to the Mangler’s Hill lookout that overlooks the entire valley and were fortunate to be there when the clouds cleared and it was blue sky.
      We went to the Barossa Chocolate factory and saw our first full wall height chocolate waterfall. And of course we went to Maggie Beer’s farm shop and tasted some of the goods that made her such a world famous Chef.
      Carolina (of course) went shopping and bought herself a sweater that was “divine” - enough said… :-) It’s been a varied and enjoyable time here and Carolina does not want to leave!
      Throughout our stay we continued to be amazed at the beautiful scenery and friendly people. Yes there were a lot of tourists around despite the school holidays being over, but everyone was in a good mood and helpful.
      These last 2 days have been a major highlight of our trip to date and the Barossa Valley is an area we will come back to another time for a longer stay. There is so much to see and do! Unfortunately this trip we have a few time constraints which mean that tomorrow we have to keep moving and leave here to head north up to the Flinders Ranges and then the Eyre Peninsular. However, for the Barossa - we will be back…!!!      Read more

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