Barossa Vally, 6 Backpackers. . .

Ah, don't worry, there was no damage (sorry to disappoint =P)

So, before we begin with the pics, Barossa Valley, home to lots and lots and lots of grapes! Which apparently they use for the wine, or something. Barossa is apparently Australia's most famous wine region and is about an hour and a half outside of Adelaide. The region itself is 40K by 30K making is easy to get between towns and wineries. So 6 of us jumped on our tour bus (joined by others as well) at about 8am and headed off to see what we could see (or drink what we could drink if you prefer.

As it was a tour bus we did some touristy stops along the way

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Rocking Horse!

I Kidd you not, welcome to the weirdness that is Australia, measurements below, but it really is HUGE!

Next stop was not quite as huge, but no less bizarre! The dam below is called the Whispering Wall, named because if you stand at one end, and send a friend to the other end, which is pretty far (100m) whisper, then you can hear them. Its really really freaky! Really weird acoustics, but fun anyways. Obviously all comments passed between our group were very polite!

And so, after our touristy stops it was on to our first winery. Bearing in mind the time was about 10:30am at this point, my fave quote of the day was 'Ok, now seriously, where is the wine!' (No, not from me!)

Welcome to Jacobs Creek, the first winery on our tour, which was good because its a brand of wine that I've actually heard of, and can drink! it was really nice, very modern with gorgeous scenery (see, i went for photos! Not to get drunk in the middle of day. . . )

One for me, then one for meeeee

These ones are from the next winery, which offered too many red wine samples sadly, but still very scenic. Also lots of tips about smelling and looking and swirling (not too much though) and then sipping and sucking through your teeth to taste things like cherries and black pepper. . . apparently!

And the next one, another really nice location, and with this winery we got a tour, seeing the grapes being all smushed and haunted cellars and so on, tis the good stuff, although i know now why i never drank port or sherry. . . eeewwww

Attempting to be creative in photography. . . . . . not passing out in the bar! Believe what you will!

And so we all trundled on home. I should probably mention that we did get lunch included for anyone that's worried about the space where my liver used to be. It was very scenic, and now I could probably drink Rose (which i already could) and some White wines, so maybe am becoming slightly more sophis-ti-mi-cated. But then again my opinions of Red Wine, Port, and Sherry (eeeeeewwwwww) probably let me down!

Thanks for Listening