Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Road trip with dogs - day 12

Instead of only 3 nights in Adelaide we now have five nights.  Today we went exploring the Adelaide hills, the hinterland where we are staying.  We have seen grapevines, grapevines and more grapevines!  If you dring wine and it says its from South Australia, it came from round here somewhere.  We are not very far from the Barossa Valley, the place most people associate with wine and South Australia.  The country to us seems quite dry, even though the literature suggests it is cool with a high rainfall.  The countryside is quite different from home, and the gum trees are very different - their leaves seem to hang in weeping position more so than at home.  We haven't explored any wineries - I think being tired from all the driving makes us hesitate.  There are also orchards around - any trees covered with netting we have learnt means that they are cherry trees!

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