From Ceduna, we drive through South Australia down the seafood-rich Eyre Peninsula to Port Lincoln.
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By the way, these locations have nothing to do with ‘Abraham Lincoln’ or ‘Boston, Massachusetts’: they’re named after places in Lincolnshire in the UK.
On the way up the peninsula to Port Augusta, we stop for lunch in village of Cowell, on Franklin Harbour.
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According to local info:
‘This area was first seen by Captain Matthew Flinders in HMS ‘Investigator’ in 1802. In 1840, Governor Gawler visited the area from Port Lincoln, and named Franklin Harbour after a midshipman on Mathew Flinders’ vessel – John (later Sir John) Franklin.’
Yes, it’s that Sir John Franklin, so prominent in Canadian history.
At a seaside kiosk, we enjoy tasty fish and chips, with calamari for Maria.
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In Port Augusta, Matilda gets a long-awaited bath.
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From Port Augusta south, the landscape is more hilly.
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We like to stop in small towns and check out the frontier architecture from pioneer days.
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North of Adelaide, we spend three nights in the Barossa Valley.
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We visit many wineries. Some are international giants, like Jacob’s Creek, Penfolds, and Wolf Blass.
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Incidentally, there really is a body of water called ‘Jacob’s Creek’. It’s tiny.
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Some are large and well-known in Australia, such as Yalumba, Seppeltsfield, and Kellermeister.
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And some are smaller boutique wineries that we find online, such as Two Hands, Yelland & Papps, Tscharke, and Lou Miranda. These are probably the most fun.
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Largely because we’re less likely to find ourselves elbow to elbow with other avid wine-slurpers than at the big-name cellars.
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We don’t think we’ve ever seen grapevines this early in the season. Our caravan park has vines growing and we observe how the grapes-to-be are at this point like tiny dewdrops.
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Sight or Insight of the Day – Barossa Valley
Well, Adelaide actually. We check into a caravan park near Adelaide and discover there is a koala living nearby.
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We’re lucky enough to spot him. He’s darker than his East Coast brothers.