Mark got up early to take some beautiful sunrise pictures and go kangaroo hunting. He did see about 8 wild kangaroo but they are too skiddish to get pictures of. We made breakfast at the B&B and then drove to Barossa Valley. It took a little over an hour and we were in Tanunda which is the central village of the Valley. It is very upscale here and a much bigger village than Clare Valley. We stopped for our first wine tasting at Rockford Winery that was recommended to us by Mic from Skillogalee. Rockford was very small and the tasting room was filled with cobwebs on the ceiling. The wine was delicious and the guy pouring the wine was from Tasmania which is where we’re going next. And we met a nice couple with a Scottish terrier named Sophie. We then went to Charles Melton’s winery, another recommendation from Mic. One of the wines was called Nine Popes and has received many accolades. It was very good. And again we met more dogs, 2 dalmations rule the tasting room at Melton’s. One brown and one black.
We decided to go to a winery we were familiar with so we chose Peter Lehman’s. Very beautiful gardens. We tasted wines not available in the US and really liked the 1885 Shiraz 2005. We met a German couple that has lived in Adelaide for over 40 years.
We had lunch at the Monkey Nut Café which was recommended by the guy at Rockford. Crazy name but very good lunch. Then we headed back to Adelaide to catch our flight to Tasmania. We were able to get some free internet time at the airport as we probably will be out of touch for the next week in the wilderness of Tasmania.
Our flights to Melbourne and then on to Hobart, Tasmania were uneventful. We picked up the car at the airport and then drove 45 minutes in the dark to our B&B. I can’t wait until it’s daylight so we can really appreciate where we are. Pam is the owner of the B&B and she and her 2 golden retrievers showed us around. Our room is gorgeous and we have a private sun porch in the garden.
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