Adelaide Hills and the Barossa Valley

We spent two days travelling around the countryside outside Adelaide.  Lots of photos today.

Day 1: The Fleurieu Peninsular

The ferry from Kangaroo Island to Cape Jervis

We drove through amazing countryside, much of which looked quite British, until we got to Victor Harbor.   The horse drawn tram took people over to Granite Island but we walked!

I loved this sculpture.

Wattle

We stopped off in Strathalbyn on our way back to Adelaide.

Day 2: Adelaide Hills and Barossa Valley
We went first to the summit of Mount Lofty to look out over Adelaide.

We next visited the German town of Hahndorf.

As we travelled across country we saw a signpost for a viewpoint.  so off we went and found this.

We travelled through various small towns across the Barossa Valley which I personally would have called a plain rather than a valley.  We chose to have lunch at a beautiful winery in Tanunda: Bethany Wines.

We tried a couple of wines which we had with lunch.  We didn't buy any wine because the wine in Australia is considerably more expensive than the same bottle in the UK.  Roger has found some Bethany Wine in the Co-op!

There were various sculptures in the grounds of the vineyard.

I rather liked the sculptures although they did remind me of elastic bands.

We also went to a free sculpture park near by.

The next day we packed up and started our drive to Melbourne along the Southern Ocean Road.

Thanks for joining me today.
Bernice

Armchair Travelling in Adelaide

I hope you are enjoying travelling in Australia from your armchair.  Get a cup of coffee and enjoy the next stage of our trip - the city of Adelaide.

We stayed in a hotel in North Adelaide and this renovated cinema was close by.

We arrived on Tuesday morning and having left our luggage at the hotel we walked into Adelaide.

The weather was a little inclement but these pigs were enjoying themselves.

We went to look at this arcade which reminded me of the Great Western Arcade in Birmingham.

We don't often go into art galleries when we are away but went to the Art Gallery of South Australia. I took a photo of this mainly for the mark making.

And a close up.

This took my fancy as it's not just the colours I like to work in but also rust and decay.   It's by Rosalie Gascoigne and is painted corrugated panels on wood.

We popped in to see the State Library of South Australia.  My photo really doesn't do it justice.

The next day the sun shone and we saw blue sky.  We saw some amazing homes as we walked.

We went to the Botanic Garden which was right in the centre of the city.

And into the Bicentennial Conservatory.

We wandered around the market and the very small Chinese Quarter before visiting the Jam Factory.  This was a building full of studios and a shop selling the work of students who study there.  We spent quite a while watching these guys in the glass blowing studio.

We collected our hire car and drove out to Port Adelaide which was quite compact but had lots of interesting buildings.

We had hoped to have dinner in Port Adelaide but didn't find anywhere to eat.  We went back to the hotel and had dinner at one of the many restaurants around the corner.

My next post will be about the two days of trips we took outside the city of Adelaide.

Thanks for joining me today.
Bernice