Barossa Valley

For the last few days we have had the privilege of staying with several families in the beautiful Barossa Valley where we learned all about agriculture, which just happens to be grape growing! The five of us learned all about wine tasting what we liked and what we didn't like. While we were in the Barossa we went cliff diving, rock climbing, bungee jumping and Pam, being our fearless leader showed us how to live on the edge. This brings me to a new part in our blog entitled "Letters to Andrea"

Dear Andrea,

Today Traci chased lizards out in the

Bush. Whilst she was successful in catching the lizard, she was not as successful in keeping all of her appendages. We will need help in acquiring funding to reattach Traci's finger. Thank goodness we have repatriation of remains insurance!

Sarah

This is Traci holding Bluey, the Blue Tongued Lizard before she lost a finger!

Aussies know how to do bacon!

Leaving Gawler

Today is our last day in Gawler and we are moving on to the Barossa Valley. It has been a great time and all of our hosts have been great. My hosts, Jacqui and Tony have been the best and they are very proud of all their grandchildren. Here is a pic of one of their grandchildren enjoying ice cream at the music festival beach side.

Footie Match

We saw a great grand finals match of the Southern Australian Football League. The SANFL would be considered a second division league. We supported the right side (Central Bulldogs) and I think it was due to my new scarf. Another very interesting side note, the premier league's grand final was the weekend before we arrived. The game ended in a draw and based on the rules, the game was re-played in its entirety this Sunday. Think if you had to play the Super Bowl twice. This was the third time in the history of the game that this happened and the rules will likely now change.

More Footie Pics

More Gold Mining

Check out some pics of the gold panning at Ryan's blog.

Eureka! Gold Mining

Part of day 2 in Gawler was spent visiting a historical mining site that also now serves as a hiking trail. The trail takes you past many of the abandoned mine shafts and due to the time of the year, we were also able to see many of the wildflowers.

More pics from the tour

Whispering Wall-Gawler Day 2

Similar to Kansas, there are several reservoirs that are used for water supplies. The Barossa Reservoir was built in 1902 by an American. It's claim to fame is that of a whispering wall. The acoustics were built by accident that you could sit on opposite ends of the wall and communicate with each other.