Menotalid; it was Adelaide (pt 4)

Having slept the sleep of the exhausted, we three senior ladies rose early again on the Friday morning. Sally went off to her yoga class and cuzzy D and I had our breakfast and discussed the fun so far.

On this day, though, we were collected by Marc and driven some considerable

distance. We were visiting the Barossa, most famous as a wine region, but having a large heritage of arts and crafts also. We went first to Tanunda and picked up a local map, enjoyed a heritage market browse then decided just to have lunch at the Red Door. It was very busy and we had a lengthy wait for our our food, but it was jolly good when it arrived. The only piccie I managed of the town (of any worth) was the church.

It was a kirche, more correctly speaking, due to the very large German influence in this area.

Marc whisked us away up to Mengler's Hill and Sculpture Park. The view was not quite as clear as it might be due to haze, but we certainly appreciated the vastness and the layout of the vineyards. Then there was the added bonus for we arty types of the sculptures made of local stone. I went a bit crazy with the Hisstix. Won't put them all here, more will appear in due course, but you just know I have to place some!

After this we dropped by the Barossa Cheeze Company. Some delicious items were purchased and the delightful ladies were happy to pose with Soffee, who brought smiles and laughter. Then there was a quick drop by Maggie Beer's farm shop - mostly we enjoyed the turtles and coots.

From here we whizzed to Seppeltfield winery, which is a place of heritage listing and is almost a town in  itself. It was very busy. Marc and Sally wanted to do some tasting, but found there was nothing on offer that tempted their tastebuds. D and I were enjoying the buildings and history and then we all appreciated the artisan's workshops on offer. Leatherwork, knife making, glass blowing, ceramics... we managed to come away with minimal damage to wallets!

It was already getting late and the sun was dropping. I attempted some drive-by shootings - including one of a roo mid leap. Can you spot it through the wire???