We took the ferry back to Melbourne and then turned the point of the compass to the west. We travelled on the Overland, this time with the Pet Shop Boys “Go west” soundtrack in my head. Internet just told me that it is a cover, Village People did the original version. Pet Shop Boys was the first concert I ever went to, I was 11 years old and went with my mother. I had the best mother one could ever wish for.
We arrived in Adelaide, which has a gold rush wild west feel to it (many places in Australia do). We only stayed briefly and then headed to the wine regions in the Barossa valley.
We visited large and famous vineyards, such as Jacob’s creek. Cabernet Sauvignon is one of our favourite grapes.
We also visited smaller vineyards. I find these rusty colours so beautiful.
The colour combination of this flowering eucalyptus is equally magnificent.
Pretty, sloping tin roofs are a common sight. There was so much tin everywhere. I don’t know if this is specific for Southern Australia or if we just started paying attention to it. According to our beloved internet it is not a big tin mining region (Tasmania and Western Australia are).
I have seen many beautiful art nouveau/deco zinc bars (mainly in France), this beautiful tin bar feels like the working men’s club version.
Painted tin fence.
We found an abandoned railway station and followed the tracks out to the countryside with a backpack full of wine.
We could not believe our luck when, in the middle of nowhere, we found a car graveyard full of beautiful old wrecks!!!
It had the most wonderful eerie, sepulchral ( I am so pleased that I finally got to use that lovely word) atmosphere.
We had a wine picknick among the dead cars, having long wine tinted quasi deep philosophical conversations. And then we remember no more.