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27 -28 OCTOBER 2021 It was with some huge degree of reluctance that we finally packed up and prepared to farewell our wonderful new friends, Sheryle and John. Although we had only known them for 5 days, it felt like we had known each other for ages. Those long afternoon teas with them every afternoon
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26 OCTOBER 2021 Before returning to Burra this morning, we dropped into the Mad Bastard Winery owned by another of the Barry family, Mark. The drive up to the Cellar Door took us through lovely thick green corridors of trees, and past some amusing signs. We had tried to call in on Sunday, however the
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25 OCTOBER 2021 At the Burra Information Centre we picked up a Burra Heritage Passport, a self guided tour around this fascinating old Copper mining Town. Of course we could not go past the old Bookshop with its wonderful nick knacks and ancient tomes to be explored. We found the perfect guitar for James, however
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MONDAY 24 OCTOBER 2021 https://bungareestation.com.au/tours/ Bungaree is a grand old sheep station, which was first settled back in 1841 by George Hawker. It has stayed in the Hawker family now for 6 generations. As well as still being a working station, they offer self guided tours around many of the interesting old buildings and gardens
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SUNDAY 23 OCTOBER 2021 I wanted to send some wine from the Clare Valley up to our Coomalie friends. There are so many wineries to choose from that selecting one left my head spinning. THEN, with Denise in mind, I came across the perfect one: Good Catholic Girl… We both thoroughly enjoyed our religious experience
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22 OCTOBER It was time to move on from the fascinating Yorke Peninsular and continue our ambling up into the Clare Valley, with its vineyards, olive plantations and orchards, as well as rich grain, wool and grazing country. Towards the top of the Peninsular the fertile grain country gave way to salt flats. Further on,
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20 – 22 OCTOBER Leaving Point Turton after breakfast on 20 October, we drove across the Peninsular from Spencer Gulf to St Vincent Gulf. The next stop on schedule was at Port Julia, named after Daughter-in-Law Hayley’s GG Grandmother, Julia, an English lady, who married German born, Louis Freiderich Wurm back in the mid 1880’s.
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13 – 19 OCTOBER 2021 PORT TURTON Our home for a week, at Port Turton is fabulously sheltered by the cliffs from a now disused old flux quarry. The jetty which reaches out into the beautiful Hardwicke Bay is just down from the van park entrance, and we have gorgeous glimpses of the aqua blue
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FRIDAY 15 OCTOBER 2021 UPDATES: 10 OCTOBER : COOBER PEDY TO WOOMERA: We were not sad to be leaving Coober Pedy after the wild and woolly weather the night before. Back on the road we came across a couple of eagles feasting on road kill. They are such impressive, majestic creatures as they slowly take
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COOBER PEDY 9 – 10 OCTOBER Saturday morning we decided to follow the first few stages of the Coober Pedy Heritage Trail. THE OLD CEMETERY Our first stop was the First Cemetery. Our guide referred to the the “colourful account of the first burial in 1921”. I was concerned to see a discarded wig that
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