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When we left our campsite one cool morning in Eden Valley, South Australia, we were excited. It was wine tasting time again! Today we were heading to the Barossa Valley, Australia’s premier wine growing region.

We had gone a little overboard when we were in the Hunter Valley in New South Wales, and since we are travelling on a fairly tight budget, we had to limit ourselves to only buying three bottles of wine. We only managed to visit two wineries before we reached this limit…

The Barossa Valley is just beautiful, full of vineyards and picturesque old towns with cute little stone buildings.

We stopped first at one of Australia’s biggest wineries – Jacob’s Creek. This large winery has many amazing wines and we tasted several of them. Although we are generally red wine drinkers, we couldn’t go past their Shiraz Rose and bought a bottle to take with us.

Vineyard at Jacob's Creek in the Barossa Valley, South Australia

A vineyard at Jacob’s Creek

Jacob's Creek Wine Bar in the Barossa Valley, South Australia

Jacob’s Creek Wine Bar

We drove past several more wineries before deciding on another, this time one that we hadn’t heard of before – Keller Meister, a fantastic choice. Their Boots Shiraz and Tawney port wine was too good to pass up, so we bought a bottle of each.

Wine Tasting at Keller Meister Wines in the Barossa Valley, South Australia

Wine tasting at Keller Meister

It was hard driving past all of the other wineries in the area, but we had reached our limit and stuck to it. We would definitely like to come back to the Barossa Valley one day when we have more time and money to really explore this amazing wine region.

The Barossa Valley Way took us towards the coast just north of Adelaide, where we joined the main highway to travel north along the coast.

Our camp for the night was in the small town of Parham, turning off the highway just north of Dublin. There isn’t much to the town, but the free camping ground is located right on the foreshore with direct access to the beach. It may not be the nicest beach in the world with its abundance of seaweed and shallow water which is no good for swimming, but it was quiet and pleasant for a walk, a great place for Mindy to go for a run.

My dog, Mindy on the beach in Parham, South Australia

Mindy on the beach in Parham

At low tide we were able to walk right out across the sand flats where the water had receded, and in the evening as the water became to creep back in, this western facing beach made the perfect spot to watch the sunset over the sea. Not a bad spot at all.

Sunset at the beach in Parham, South Australia

Sunset on the beach in Parham

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