Adelaide Self-Drive

Adelaide Hills: Leaving beautiful Adelaide behind drive up the friendly villages, wineries and fresh food farms of the hill country; Morialta Conservation Park (10 km north-east of Adelaide, some 533 hectares, walk trails, major seasonal waterfalls, panoramic views over Adelaide, rock-climbing), Bridgewater (historic town, winery with cellar door, restaurant), Oakbank (arts and craft shops, huge Easter Picnic Race Meeting), Aldgate, Stirling (explore the pretty country village, enjoy morning coffee in a cafe), Hahndorf (celebration of the German heritage of SA, bakeries, galleries, craft shops, a craftsman chocolatier, historic Hahndorf Inn) Hahndorf Farm Barn (farm animal interaction, goats, miniature horses and baby lambs to feed), Beerenberg Strawberry Farm (PYO strawberries, jams, condiments) Hillstowe Wines, Hahndorf Hill Winery (cellar doors, tastings), Udder Delights (hand made cheeses to taste and buy), The Cedars (home of artist of iconic Australian landscapes, Sir Hans Heysen), Farmers Markets, Birdwood, Bird in Hand winery, Nepenthe Winery, Shaw and Smith Winery, Old Apple Shed (home made apple pies for your picnic or fruit fresh from the orchard), Woodside Cheese Wrights (test and try before you buy hand made cheeses), Lobethal Bierhaus (boutique brewery and cafe), Lobethal (Adelaide Hills Market), Gumeracha (the BIG Rocking Horse), Birdwood (the National Motor Museum), Mount Barker (Cockle Train, Gawler Street pubs, shops and cafes), Macclesfield, Longview Vineyard, Meadows (antiques, craft), Kuitpo Forest, (Jupiter Creek Gold Mine (historic ruins) and clear fresh air, fertile farmlands and amazing views.

Day trip Self- Drive to the Barossa Take the Main North Road to Gawler (historic (1839) first country town in SA, grand colonial architecture, walking trails, Gawler Museum (National Trust Old Telegraph Station, galleries, festivals, Sunday Markets, antiques, Roseworthy Agricultural Museum, Stockport Astronomical Facility), Barossa Valley, Sandy Creek Conservation Park (undulating dunes, flora and fauna, Lyndoch (beautiful valley, arts and crafts, Jacobs Creek), Lyndoch Lavender Farm (fields of colourful lavender, shop, cafe), Tanunda (the heart of the Barossa Valley Wine Region, Lutheran churches, Barossa Historical Museum, gourmet bakeries, festivals, cafes, bistros, restaurants), Chateau Tanunda Winery and Barossa Small Winemakers Centre, Chateau Dorrien Winery Tourism Centre, Norm's Coolies (performing sheepdogs), The Keg Factory (barrel furniture, wine racks, oak kegs), Nuriootpa (original staging station to copper mines at Kapunda, historic hotel, fine dining experiences, festivals), Light Pass (Luhrs Pioneer German Cottage, Wolf Blass Visitor Centre the iconic Maggie Beer's Farm Shop (sales and tastings of gourmet farm produce), Wolf Blass Winery and Visitor Centre, Yalumba, Seppelts Winery (grand gardens and blue stone buildings, amazing fortified wines and liqueur wines - Para Liqueur is only released when it is 100 years old), Penfolds Winery (beautiful gardens, elegant towered, red brick building, sample Penfolds Grange, make your own wine at Winemakers Laboratory), Angaston (historic tree lined township, cafes, restaurants, shops, gourmet foods), Barossa Cheese Factory, Angus Park Fruit Co (retailing produce from local orchards), A.H.Doddridge Blacksmith Shop (working smithy), Farmers Market, The Abbey (old church selling antique clothing), The Lego Man (large collection of Lego), Collingrove Homestead (National Trust, grand original home of Angus family).