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With our first house sit in Adelaide complete we had 10 ten days to ourselves before starting our second sit in this beautiful city. We rented a car and mapped out a rough route for our short adventure and off we went.

This little Hyundai was great on gas and took us around our 1500km journey with no excitement. A wonderful car for only $182AUS for the 10 day rental.
Our first stop was in the Barossa Valley to visit with some great friends at their small vineyard. What a fantastic experience exploring this region with “locals” and being able to spend some time getting our hands dirty working in their garden. Thank you again Peter & Leanne.
As the weather is warming up here more and more of Australias wonderful creatures start to emerge. Although rather disturbing when you first see them, this Huntsman Spider is one of the good guys.

The Barossa Valley is a great region to spend some time. The layout of small towns and the mixture of smaller boutique wineries with the giant mega companies provides an interesting glimpse of this industry. We visited several cellar doors and were constantly impressed with the passion and intensity of the people presenting their product.

Even the local artwork tips its hat to the wine grown in this region. These gentleman enjoyed their vino no matter what the weather.
The commitment to alternative power is as strong here as it appears to be in the rest of the country. These massive moveable solar panel arrays at the Jacobs Creek Winery were evidence of that.
As we continued our trip we unexpectedly came upon some impressive artwork in Coonalpyn. This is one of several towns in South Australia who have chosen to draw tourists to them by providing murals on the towns elevators. The quality of the artwork was impressive.
As we arrived in Mount Gambier for our planned sinkhole dive, see blog here, we discovered a number of sinkholes in the area. The Umpherston Sinkhole Garden provides a unique environment to relax.
The high point in Mount Gambier is Centenary Tower. The walk up is rather steep but the view is worth it. The top photo in the blog is looking out from the tower. You also get a chance to see the results of ancient volcanic activity from here.
Mount Gambier Blue Lake is an impressive sight. It serves double duty as a tourist attraction and the water supply to South Australias second largest city.

After Mount Gambier we started heading back north toward Adelaide. But before finishing we had a couple of more stops. Stay tuned for the tail end of our latest road trip.

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