Adelaide and The Barossa Valley
We arrived in Adelaide with low expectations after talking to other travelers, we half expected to drive straight through, however it turned out we had arrived during the annual fringe festival and the town was buzzing with fairgrounds and comedy acts so we decided to stay and partake in a bit of local culture. We were glad we did as we hadn't had a big night out for a while and we ended up seeing a few comedy acts, riding the big wheel and getting pretty merry.
The next morning we explored Adelaide's botanical gardens which were really beautiful and had the Womad festival on within their grounds. We loved Adelaide but going that little bit further north the weather had heated up again to a sweltering 40 degrees at lunchtime and as we drove away in 37 degree afternoon heat with no air con it felt like our faces were melting and the air from the windows was like a fan oven.
We decided to do a self guided tour of the Barossa valley, Australia's premier wine growing region. It's comprised of a few small German-style villages and some of the biggest wineries in the country including a well known brand we get in the UK ' Jacobs Creek' - yes we drove past the actual Jacobs Creek! The whole valley is filled (I mean filled) with grape vines as far as the eye can see. Nearly all the wineries offer wine tasting and cellar door sales and we stopped at the Langmeil (long mile) winery to try some of their wines. The wines were scrumptious and included a tasting of a red called 'freedom' which is made from grapes grown on the oldest surviving Shiraz grape vines in the world at 160 years old! Becky is not normally a fan of reds but even she thought this one was superb. We also had a mini tour of the vines and the machinery used to proess the wines. We leant how rose and Brandy is made and will bore with the details when we return. Becky left feeling a little squiffy but poor Holland had to drive so had had to 'swish and spit' many of the wines. The staff at the winery were really lovely and happy to answer all our questions without making us feel ignorant. We also popped into the largest and oldest family run winery in the valley and tried a fortified wine of over 100 years old - yum. But all good things have to end and that afternoon we said goodbye to South Australia and started the attempt to cross the huge 1200 Miles of bare expanse into the west.
The next morning we explored Adelaide's botanical gardens which were really beautiful and had the Womad festival on within their grounds. We loved Adelaide but going that little bit further north the weather had heated up again to a sweltering 40 degrees at lunchtime and as we drove away in 37 degree afternoon heat with no air con it felt like our faces were melting and the air from the windows was like a fan oven.
We decided to do a self guided tour of the Barossa valley, Australia's premier wine growing region. It's comprised of a few small German-style villages and some of the biggest wineries in the country including a well known brand we get in the UK ' Jacobs Creek' - yes we drove past the actual Jacobs Creek! The whole valley is filled (I mean filled) with grape vines as far as the eye can see. Nearly all the wineries offer wine tasting and cellar door sales and we stopped at the Langmeil (long mile) winery to try some of their wines. The wines were scrumptious and included a tasting of a red called 'freedom' which is made from grapes grown on the oldest surviving Shiraz grape vines in the world at 160 years old! Becky is not normally a fan of reds but even she thought this one was superb. We also had a mini tour of the vines and the machinery used to proess the wines. We leant how rose and Brandy is made and will bore with the details when we return. Becky left feeling a little squiffy but poor Holland had to drive so had had to 'swish and spit' many of the wines. The staff at the winery were really lovely and happy to answer all our questions without making us feel ignorant. We also popped into the largest and oldest family run winery in the valley and tried a fortified wine of over 100 years old - yum. But all good things have to end and that afternoon we said goodbye to South Australia and started the attempt to cross the huge 1200 Miles of bare expanse into the west.
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