Barossa Valley

We took the RM William’s Way from the Flinders Ranges to Clare through a massive wheat farming area. We briefly stopped in Clare for lunch and a quick visit to the toy shop (kids were SO excited) to buy them a little animal figurine to remember their trip by. Jesse bought a bucket of snakes :-O

We’d been planning to freecamp but needed power to process payroll so back into a caravan park – one of the nicest & GREENEST we’d seen in a long time! That afternoon we went to the Whistling Wall Dam south of Lyndoch. The dam wall is curved perfectly so you can hear people whispering on the other side. I whispered secrets to all the kids and we had a lot of fun!

We also visited Kellermeister Winery where Kieren was able to spend the last of his birthday money to buy some chocolate port (he’d been itching to get to the cellar door since friends introduced him to this port some 12 years ago!).

Playing with the bucket of snakes at Kellermeister Winery

The next day we toured with Dad & Beth to some of the oldest wineries in the valley. The architecture is amazing! Seppeltsfield was first with its amazing palm-lined roads, then Chateau Yaldara where we were able to visit their cellars underground. Then we stopped off for a picnic lunch at Peter Lehman (ok & Kieren had a taste :P) and a walk to see the 173 year old vines at Langmeil Winery next door. After a quick visit to Maggie Beer’s Farm Shop we returned home for some rest (apparently that involves a full on soccer game on the oval for the 2 youngest!).  

Seppeltsfield

a Chateau Yaldara lioness!

173 year old vines

That evening at dusk we went kangaroo spotting at the Kaiser Stuhl Conservation Park -  it was so cool to see mothers & joeys up so close – although we wouldn’t have liked to get near the head male kangaroo!

Our last day saw us pack up and head to Victor Harbour via Yalumba Winery to view the cooperage. This is one of the few places that still make oak barrels for its own wine. We got to see a few barrels being made using steam & heat to bend and treat the oak.