Leaving Spear Creek we travelled through the scenic Horricks Pass across to Wilmington and along a lesser road where we found some more wood to cut. These chilly nights our fires are wonderful - pity we always smell of smoke!! We had morning tea at Booleroo Centre at a lovely little spot - how beaut were these sheep and dog!
Jamestown was another surprise - we found a huge bakery and Darryl couldn’t resist a Kitchener Bun nor Dennis a mushroom pie! These are towns we’ve heard of all our lives but don’t think we’ve ever actually seen them and we were impressed!
We called into see the Tesla Battery out of Jamestown but unfortunately admittance isn’t possible so we only got a glimpse of the batteries. It’s surrounded by hundreds of wind turbines which dominate the scenery. 
We had our lunch at Bundaleer Forest Reserve which is the home of Australian forestry where many species of trees were planted in the late 1880’s by early settlers to determine which grew best here. We had a quick walk then travelled along the RM Williams Way through Spalding to Clare. Clare is very busy and looks very prosperous with its many vineyards and wineries.
We ended up here in Jarman territory at Kapunda. It’s a beaut little park and you’d think we were the only ones here! It’s situated next to the lovely oval and sporting complex and we saw junior footy training plus dog obedience last night. Kapunda is a lovely old mining town and some of the architecture is magnificent. We’ve things to see and do here plus we are using this as our base for exploring the Barossa Valley.
Our first stop at Tanunda was at the Peter Lehman winery where we met up with Nigel Westblade who is the head wine maker there.
We were very fortunate that he made the time to show us around this huge winery and we all learned such a lot about the business. No longer will we just buy a bottle of wine without thinking about the whole process to get the wine to that stage. Imagine how many head aches are in this shed? We were very impressed with Nigel’s knowledge and ability to answer all our questions. We also ran into an old friend of Sharon Jarman’s - she overhead that we were from Kerang way and asked if we knew the Jarman’s! Small world!
From there we had a beautiful Vietnamese pork roll in Tanunda (with no wine Ell!) and onto visit Seppeltsfield winery. This place is spectacular with avenues of palms and beautiful buildings.
We enjoyed watching the leather craftsman and the boys bought a belt each - Tops and I would have loved to purchase a bag, but they were a little out of our budget range! We did taste a couple of sparkling wines and visited the Vasse shop which sold delightful soaps, lotions, gourmet foods .... lots of tasting, smelling and touching.
By then it was time to return to base, light the fire and relax a little. Tomorrow is another day for exploring!
So from the beautiful Barossa Valley, we sign off till we report on the next adventures.
❌❌❌❌ from Tops Dennis Darryl Marg.
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