Heading to Clare

Leaving the Murray River behind we headed into the hills towards the top of the Barossa Valley. A pause in the small historic village of Sedan saw us taking the heritage walk and then it was on to Nuriootpa for lunch, some shopping and a long walk through some of their beautiful parklands. The next stop was the historic town of Kapunda, the site of the first successful metal (Copper) mine in Australia. It was also the home of Sir Sidney Kidman the famous Australian cattle and horse baron, who was also the largest single property owner in the history of the world. We stayed two nights in town and undertook the town and mine heritage walk as well as visiting the fantastic museum. It was the first day of their bi-annual Farm Fair on the Friday so before our departure we spent the morning wandering through the many exhibits and enjoying lunch from some of the unique local produce stalls.

We arrived in Clare on Friday afternoon and set up there for the next 6 days. On Saturday out came the bikes and we rode the 'Riesling Trail' from Clare through Sevenhill to Penwortham and return. Our good friends, Yvonne & Bob arrived on Sunday and it was terrific to catch-up with them again. They had come to join us to help Sue celebrate her birthday on the Tuesday. We all had a great time in Clare despite the cool rainy weather which prevailed from Saturday afternoon until our departure on Thursday.