Easter 2012 – Day 12
We started out for a day in the Barossa valley with uncle john acting as tour guide. we made our way out of the Adelaide hills first stopping at the world famous Jacobs Creek Winery, this is Australia’s biggest selling winery, the cellar door is very modern, and had bus loads of visitors coming thru,…
Easter 2012 – Day 11
We left for the McLaren Vale Winery area and arrived at Kangarilla Road Winery for the first winery tasting of the day, they produce both expected wines (Chardonnay, Shiraz & Cabernet Sauvignon) and unexpected wines (Sangiovese, Primitivo and Zinfandel). The winery was pretty, with lots of Vines around the estate, some of them very old.…
Easter 2012 – Day 10
After a leisurely breakfast, we decided to go into Adelaide for the day we visited Haigh’s chocolate factory – and did a tasting. lovely chocolate, of course we had to buy some! We drove around the city seeing the old buildings such as the art gallery, museum. Then drove thru the Botanic Gardens which had…
Easter 2012 – Day 9
Bye Bye Mount Gambier, we drove thru the Coonawarra wine area, we were too early to do any tasting though, and made our way further north to Naracoorte. Naracoorte is a world heritage fossil mammal site . It is recognised as one of the worlds most important fossil sites. We booked a guided tour of…
Easter 2012 – Day 8
We said goodbye to Warrnambool and Victoria headed to Mount Gambier in South Australia. We drove the inland route, and stayed on the Princes Highway We arrived at Mount Gambier fairly early &, booked into the big4 caravan site – booked a cabin this time. We emptied out all the stuff in the car and…
