Farewell
We leave for Darwin, in the Northern Territory tomorrow! It’s a two-night, three-day train ride on the Ghan we got on a SuperSaver low-priced special that means we’ll be travelling in reclining seats the whole time. We’ve purchased a bunch of snacks and things so we don’t have to buy everything from the Kangaroo Diner […]
Wild Honeysuckle and Grapevines
Penola (whose name comes from an Aboriginal word meaning wild honeysuckle) and the nearby Coonawarra Wine Region were our first stops on the inland route back toward Adelaide. We did a historic walk around tiny Penola, with Petticoat Lane as the highlight. The Sharam Cottage is Penola’s first house, and one of a number of historic cottages on […]
Robe Trip
We passed through Hahndorf again to snap a few photos and stock up on mettwurst and cheese for a road trip down the Limestone Coast, famous for red earth, red wine and rock lobster. We bought pies from Potbelly Pies for later. It seems pies are an easy, relatively cheap meal choice everywhere but home. Donny’s […]
Hahndorf
We had a nice drive through Adelaide Hills, with a destination of Hahndorf. The town was settled by Lutheran migrants in 1838. It’s now known as Australia’s oldest surviving German settlement. There are lots of galleries, cafes, and shops, and restaurants specializing in German traditional recipes and dishes using local produce and ingredients. The former home of […]
31 flavors of McLaren Vale
John took us on a guided tour of McClaren Vale…one of Australia’s renowned wine regions not too far away on the Fleurieu Peninsula. It’s filled with wineries (76 cellar doors), produce shops, olive groves, galleries all set in the rolling hills that are still minutes away from the coast. We visited a number of wineries […]