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Barossa Valley

On our drive to the Barossa we travelled through Echunga, a small town in the Adelaide Hills, where one of Eric's golfing mates from home owns a vineyard. I was keen to stop for a pretzel morning tea in  Hahndorf but  there was far too much traffic in the narrow streets, this being  a Saturday morning. Then  we came down the steep M1 and through a tunnel where heavy vehicles are speed limited to 60km/h. All of which had me very stressed with our van on behind but Eric negotiated us safely through it all.  Now we are set up at the Centenary Park in Greenock. Unlike the well known German influence in the Barossa, this area was settled by Scots. After lunch we went for a stroll to have a look at some of the historic buildings. As well as wine offerings, we found Greenock Brewers housed in an 1860’s wheat store. Across the road is the still functioning Laucke grain mill. It was originally built to produce flour but these days it produces and stores stock feed.   Guess wh