Tuesday, September 29, 2009

.. Barossa Valley, South Australia ..

Went to Barossa, Australia's most famous wine region with 4 other church sisters yesterday... It was really a great trip! Nice scenary, nice wine... First time I drank so much wine! :P

Checking out google map before setting off...

Not too far from Adelaide, just about 1h 30m drive...

Our awesome life group leader cum driver, MeiYun!

The five of us!
MeiYun, Eva, Janice, Jo and Me!

The road trip began...


Reached first destination!

The Toy Factory Gumeracha -
World's biggest Rocking Horse!

Look at how small we are!




The Toy Factory...
lotsa amazing cute nice wooden toys!








Then set off to next destination...
The Whispering Wall!





We can hear each other clearly from the OPPOSITE end!




Next destination...
Famous Jacob's Creek winery!







Vineyards!






Wine tasting begins...




Next winery: Rockford







Saw a nice church building...
Many beautiful churches in South Australia!



SUPER HUNGRY... LUNCH TIME!





Next winery: Two Hands Wines








Set off to the last winery...
Saw many sheep along the journey!


Last winery: Seppeltsfield







The journey back...
Too many wineries around... we are contented to just visit 4!

The very first bottle of wine I bought!

It was really a great trip! Made the 2 weeks holidays much more fulfilling... Haha. Watched too much YouTube recently. :P

Tomorrow will be setting off to Goolwa, a 3D2N short trip with life group people. Last week to "enjoy" before school resumes next week! :)