We didn't want to do a whole heap of tours and tastings so just chose three. Peter Lehmann, Grant Burge and Chateau Tununda, the latter being a boutique winery where mass production is almost a dirty word. When we first arrived at the Chateau, I saw a tractor full of freshly picked grapes, being weighed.   The tractor driver was in the little hut by the weigh bridge, chatting with the guy taking stats on the grapes.   I asked if the minded if I took a ...

A beautiful sunny morning to farewell Mannum, the most picturesque town I have seen and the very best caravan park right on the mighty Murray River.    We have had a lovely laid-back couple of days here and loved it!We head north west for the Barossa Valley, following the incredible Adelaide water supply pipe, ducking and diving under roads and winding its way up the hills looking like a mini Great Wall of China winding over the mountains.   It is quite an am...

We used these couple of days in the Barossa, to really chill and relax, although we did drive about 45 minutes north to Kapunda on the day we arrived.   This is an old mining town, established in 1839.   Apparently the huge copper mine that began here in 1842 kept the entire colony afloat until 1878, due to the pureness of the copper. On the outskirts of town is a 7 metre bronze statue of "Map the Miner" or “Map Kernow” – Son of Cornwall. ...