Clare Valley Motel
74a Main North Road Clare, South Australia, 5453, Australia
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Day 122-125 A taste of the good life
... Is it my approval he's after or just confirmation of his bold description, I wonder? Under the expectant gaze of a passionate viticulturist I feel like a rabbit trapped in the headlights. All my feeble knowledge of wine permits me to say is 'yeah it's good', but that's so weak I dare not utter a word. Instead I cast my eyes to the side and look over at Ian. 'What about we try the cab sav next?'. Ian saves the day, changing the subject to express his surprise at the ...
A long awaited return to the Clare Valley....
... among our favourite winerys, both for their service and the fantastic products. They have recently been winning prestigious awards for their reislings and the Sangiovese is an often sold out favourite. http://www.cardinham.com/index.html
The final stage of our vist to Cardinham ended with a few recommendations, which worked well for us last time, so we followed them yet again....
Our next step saw us drop into Crabtree ...
Clare Valley
... Syd and Anne Travers visit there last year! We also went around to the Local History Centre and met by Spike Jones who was a great help in finding material related to GB Yeates who weas the town clerk in Jamestown for 21 years. Spike found the address of the house GB lived in - 8 Killmarnock Street, which was right beside the Parish Hall, which was right beside the Anglican Church! ...
Interesting Burra
... and lock up, police stables, courthouse, village ruins, beautiful churches etc.
As we were heading back to the caravan, we passed one of the pubs and in the door, we could see a lovely open fire burning, so decided that would be a good place to spend an hour to warm up.
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A "Gourmet week end" in Clare
... Mt. Gambier. Draussen ist es grau, nass und kalt...also fluechten wir uns in die warme und trockene Bibliothek, wo wir die naechsten paar Stunden damit verbringen werden, unseren etwas in Verzug geratenen Blog auf neuesten Stand zu bringen und erste Recherchen bezueglich unseres Indonesienaufenthaltes zu betreiben.
Nach unserer unverhofft gemuetlichen Nacht bei Stefanie, Ruben und all ihrer Vierbeiner (8 Hunde, ein Schaf welches ueberzeugt ist Hund zu sein, ...


