Episode III: Wineries, Wineries & More Wineries
Yep, the reason for the trip!
We managed to squeeze 30 wineries into our trip - can you believe it? We were blown away by the quality of the wine in the Barossa. We'd always read & heard that the Barossa Valley was the premium Aussie wine region, and I think we agree now. Apart from one or two average wineries, the wine was amazing!
We stayed the next two nights in a little cottage in Lyndoch ~ with an awesome four-person spa ... so big enough for Matthew to fit comfortably! When we got home, both Matthew & I said we thought that the place was old & haunted ~ so not sure we'll be staying there again! Although I loved the spa, I was glad to leave there ~ I didn't feel comfortable there at all, and I barely slept a wink either night!
We were reasonably well behaved LOL ... and only brought home about 20 bottles of wine ~ but have definitely noted down a few favourites to buy when we recover from our trip!
We did actually see a few other things besides the wineries - the Lyndoch Lavender Farm (I could have smelled that all day), the Whispering Wall ~ which is incredible! It's a dam wall, made by hand ~ which is amazing in itself. But the most amazing thing is that you can whisper to each other from either end of the wall & hear perfectly. 140m away!
Our last night in SA was spent again with the gorgeous Nessie & Mr Nessie! Yummy home made roast chook ~ soooo good to eat home cooked food after a week away!). The boys went out to play poker for the night ~ which Matthew loved ~ and us girls hired a DVD, ate icecreams & snuggled with the furbabies!
The next morning, it was time to say goodbye to SA (which we were very sad to do), as well as goodbye to Ness & Mr Ness (which we were even sadder to do) & start the drive home. Luckily it was a lot cooler, so having the heating on didn't bother us as much. We stopped off at a couple of wineries on the way home ~ of course~ and got really lucky at Bests in the Grampians. The cellar door manager spied my camera bag, and it turned out he was a photographer. He let us down into the 180 (or something) year old cellars to take some photos. Wow ~ it was FREEZING down there. But incredible!
I've included some random snaps from our holiday ... now it's time to start scrapping them!
We managed to squeeze 30 wineries into our trip - can you believe it? We were blown away by the quality of the wine in the Barossa. We'd always read & heard that the Barossa Valley was the premium Aussie wine region, and I think we agree now. Apart from one or two average wineries, the wine was amazing!
We stayed the next two nights in a little cottage in Lyndoch ~ with an awesome four-person spa ... so big enough for Matthew to fit comfortably! When we got home, both Matthew & I said we thought that the place was old & haunted ~ so not sure we'll be staying there again! Although I loved the spa, I was glad to leave there ~ I didn't feel comfortable there at all, and I barely slept a wink either night!
We were reasonably well behaved LOL ... and only brought home about 20 bottles of wine ~ but have definitely noted down a few favourites to buy when we recover from our trip!
We did actually see a few other things besides the wineries - the Lyndoch Lavender Farm (I could have smelled that all day), the Whispering Wall ~ which is incredible! It's a dam wall, made by hand ~ which is amazing in itself. But the most amazing thing is that you can whisper to each other from either end of the wall & hear perfectly. 140m away!
Our last night in SA was spent again with the gorgeous Nessie & Mr Nessie! Yummy home made roast chook ~ soooo good to eat home cooked food after a week away!). The boys went out to play poker for the night ~ which Matthew loved ~ and us girls hired a DVD, ate icecreams & snuggled with the furbabies!
The next morning, it was time to say goodbye to SA (which we were very sad to do), as well as goodbye to Ness & Mr Ness (which we were even sadder to do) & start the drive home. Luckily it was a lot cooler, so having the heating on didn't bother us as much. We stopped off at a couple of wineries on the way home ~ of course~ and got really lucky at Bests in the Grampians. The cellar door manager spied my camera bag, and it turned out he was a photographer. He let us down into the 180 (or something) year old cellars to take some photos. Wow ~ it was FREEZING down there. But incredible!
I've included some random snaps from our holiday ... now it's time to start scrapping them!
posted by Jody at 11:38 am
4 Comments:
what fantastic photos Jody, such a different perspective!!!!
Those photos are amazing sweetie, what a fabulous trip for you guys!
How's the car now? Did you manage to get it all fixed?
Chrissy xx
What a great time you have had .
Love the Photos honey so lovely.
Did the car survive. ??
Parky xdxxx
Looks like a fantastic holiday.
Can I recommend saving your pennys for trip to the Malborough region in NZ, fabulous wine especially their sauv blancs. Didn't get to visit but drank many a Hawkes Bay red which got our seal of approval.
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