drove north today in spite of the knowledge that everything happens to the south. once the sprawling suburbs and the city of elizabeth were behind us the landscape changed from plains to gently rolling hills and eventually, the clare valley vineyards.
visited and tasted tim gramp's, tim knappstein's and tim adams' reislings, sav blancs and reds, lunched at kilikanoon and drove back via martindale hall and the mintaro shale quarry. both were closed as it was past 4pm but this was an advantage at the quarry because aid wanted a small souvenir slice of shale which he and lofty gathered.
mintaro was the most inviting little town we saw, with lots of attractive old stone buildings and leafy back streets. worth another visit.
to finish off another great day in the laide we ate big bowls of piehands' summer pudding topped with cream.....delicieuse!
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