Day 105. Sunday breakfast of pancakes and maple syrup and then we departed Naracoorte onto the Wimmera Highway heading east. We soon crossed the border into Victoria and continued through the Wimmera Region with its vast wheat, cereal and legume crops and lamb and beef herds. The country looks magnificent with avenues of giant river red gums lining the roads. We passed through tiny farming villages of Apsley, Edenhope, Natimuk - names we had never heard of befor...

Day 104. This morning we headed south from Tanunda in the Barossa Valley through Lyndoch, past the vast vineyards of Jacobs Creek, Kellermeister and Grant Burge, the rolling hills are so pretty and green. We passed through tiny villages of Williamstown and Mt Pleasant and then suddenly we were dropping from the rocky green forested hills onto the flat plain of the Murray River. We passed over the river at Murray Bridge, a bustling river town and then onto Tailem...

Day 103. Today we are exploring the beautiful green Barossa Valley and wine tasting. First a drive from Tanunda up Menglers Hill Road to the lookout for a scenic view of the whole Barossa Valley, one of Australia's premium wine growing areas, notably big reds. Descending the hill we visited one of the oldest wineries in the valley, Chateau Tanunda. Beautiful old buildings and gardens, we tasted a number of wines in their impressive tasting room amidst the stacke...

Day 102. Farewell to Lyn and Colin in Port Broughton and we were on our way down to the Barossa Valley. We have really enjoyed our time here catching up with family. Up over the Barunga Pass through Bute and Snowtown, past the large wind farm turbines, the fields are so green with wheat, barley, chick peas and broadbeans and yellow canola. We stopped in Clare for morning tea and as we drove south through the Clare Valley, Watervale and Auburn the hills were cov...

Day 101. Today we went on an outing with Raechel's sister Lyn and mother Sylvia to the nearby small towns of Wallaroo and Kadina in the Copper Coast Region. At Wallaroo we saw the huge grain storage silos and bunkers holding wheat, barley and legumes. A ship was being loaded by conveyor belt with wheat being exported to Egypt. This will be a very busy place during harvest time in late October as the grain crop is expected to be excellent. Wallaroo has many fine ...