We stayed in a lovely little B + B on the outskirts of Clare. We woke early and packed up. Mum hurt her back and could hardly move! Just when she was getting over her cold, she hurts her back, typical! :-)
We headed into Clare to go to Mr. Mick's Winery, Dad had to have pictures next to the sign! (seeing as he has the same name haha).
After some wine tasting (and buying!) we went to the next little town over, Sevenhill. Sevenhill has the oldest winery in South Australia called Sevenhill Cellars. It was started and is still run by Jesuit Priests. The winery makes red and white wines and as well as alter wines. They also had a lovely cat that welcomes visitors into the wine tasting area.
There is an old cellar which is open to the public. It was very cool to wander through.
There is a beautiful church at the Sevenhill Cellars, built for the Jesuit Priests. Underneath the church is an old crypt (also open for the public) that had all the head winemakers since the start of the winery, which was cool to see. The church itself was beautiful too.
Next we drove to Freeling, the home of McLeod's Daughters, the TV show. Freeling was a bit of a nothing town, wasn't too much to look at.
We went to the Gungellen Pub in Freeling, which was the main pub featured in McLeod's Daughters, and had a drink there.
It was a nice little pub, although I have to say I'm not sure why they picked this particular pub for the TV show, there are a lot more pubs that have more character inside and out around South Australia. Overall though, it was quite nice.
We continued on to Nuriootpa (in the Barossa Valley), the home of the famous chef, Maggie Beer's farm shop. I have been wanting to come to this farm shop for ages! The shop wasn't what I was expecting. I actually thought it would have been a bit better than what it was, but then again I did have high expectations. It was still very nice though. There wasn't too much variety on the menu. The farm shop seem to be focusing on a picnic basket concept of food. Most of the menu consisted of different pates served with bread and fruit in a basket.
I ordered a game terrine, which was very tasty (Dad had the same), Mum had tomato soup and James had cheese, bread, fruit paste and an apple in a picnic basket. I have to say the basket of food did look pretty cool.
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| Game terrine |
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| Tomato soup |
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| Cheese and fruit picnic basket |
After lunch we headed to Tanunda, also in the Barossa Valley. We were going to stay in Tanunda but couldn't find anywhere to stay and the place wasn't very nice. I wasn't too impressed with the Barossa Valley, the area we went to just felt like a suburb of Adelaide with wineries dotted through. Clare Valley is much more nicer.
We decided to move onto Waikerie where we found a lovely old B+B cottage to stay in, Amalie Cottage. It was big, warm and comfortable.
Next stop tomorrow is Swan Hill in Victoria!
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