The return path took us back to Quorn once more. There was some delay here and we quickly demonstrated how quickly, for an international group, we had learned some basic lessons, like finding a place in the shade and sitting down.
There was time for another look at the old station
And to read some of the material about the old railway.
We also visited a nice town called Melrose. It is the centre of a network of cycling tracks and is a very popular tourist destination for this and other reasons. One thing it features is an old forge converted into a most tempting coffee-and-baking shop.
The gardens at the back are shady and extensive. The seating is comfortable.
There's enough to see that one can wander about while waiting.
Final group photo.
After this, we returned by the Clare Valley and a number of wineries and cellar doors. By the third (a Jesuit foundation) even I missed out on the sampling and had a look at the church instead. South Australia produces about 80% of the country's wine exports in the Clare and Barossa valleys, the Adelaide Hills and Coonawarra. Unlike the Coonawarra operation we had seen, most of the wineries here were really rather small-scale and concentrate on the quality end of the market.
Incidentally, the word on Jacob's Creek is that it is "The Fosters of Australian Wine." I think that is intended to mean that the bulk of production is consumed abroad rather than at home.
No more here. There will be a further blog on the general photos of Adelaide and the University that I've been taking over the past week. Then the trip to New Zealand- any further blogging will be done from home.
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