Friday 11 February

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The Barossa. Don't really need to say any more 😁🍷🍷🍷 Well actually I do. We didn't taste one single drop. 🤣🤣🤣 

It was a lovely drive through the Adelaide Hills. First stop, Gumeracha to visit the Toy factory at the Big Rocking Horse 🐎. Toys duly purchased on our way again. 



Coffee in Tanunda then a walk around to Chateau Tanunda. Felt sad for them as their 130 year celebrations occurred in 2020! Still a historic destination nevertheless. 

Chateau Tanunda



On to Angaston, well known for good food. Walked around the town and back to our car via a path behind the town along the creek. A very pretty town. Worth a longer visit. 






A rather lovely sculpture in the Memorial Park recognising the contribution of the draught horses




On to Nuriootpa. Not a lot to see here except a LOT of housing development! Back to Maggie Beers for lunch at the Farm Shop Cafe. Lovely surrounds. She has done amazing job over many years to build her substantial business. The kitchen where they film The Cook and The Chef is within the farm shop. I indulged in a jar of the excellent pear chutney which had accompanied our cheese board lunch. Only available at the farm shop 😔 


There are many large long neck turtles in the dam on the property. They plunge their whole neck into the mud to feed.


The Cook and the Chef kitchen




Looking across the dam back to the Farm Shop

Maggie Beer's husband farms pheasants

Peacock chicks

Lots of peacocks roam the property

After a walk around the property it was on to Seppeltsfield. Another iconic very old established winery. The famous palms are now lining many of the roads leading to this vast business. Penfolds, of course is the other major winery here, but it doesn't have the same historic infrastructure. Another lovely day in this often overlooked destination that is South Australia.



Seppelts family mausoleum


Its still a beautiful estate to visit




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