We’re heading south today towards the Great Ocean Highway, spending a few nights along the way. Today is our longest drive of the trip – some 4 hours from McLaren Vale to Penola, in the heart of the Coonawara wine region (Cab Sav mecca – some say it’s the best in the world). Genius that…
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Departed Adelaide this morning for the drive down to McLaren Vale, only about an hour drive. Today’s adventure is the Blessed Cheese Wine Tour. Blessed Cheese is a local cheese shop in downtown McLaren Vale, they have hooked up with a few of the many wineries for a self-guided wine and cheese pairing. They have…
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Our flat is very well located for touring Adelaide’s museums. A 15-minute walk along University row takes us to the South Australian Museum with excellent exhibits on Aboriginal culture and art. I was keen to see an exhibit the museum houses on the ‘Mawson Expedition’ to Antarctica, but it was closed for upgrade – bummer….
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What luck, we find out that today is the Christmas Pageant. It is the official start of the Holiday season in Adelaide. The Parade is 2nd only to the Macy’s parade as the largest in the world, it is said that the start of the parade finishes before the end of the parade starts. We…
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