Adelaide, Australia

Today we had an all day tour away from the ship.  Our bus toured through the town of Adelaide before heading out into the countryside.  Our destination was the Borasso Valley wine region where we visited three of the major wineries of this area and sampled five different wines from each, all good.  We had a very good lunch at one of the winery stops and then made it back to our ship mid afternoon.

Our first stop was this high scenic overlook of the valley.

 

  

Our first winery stop

 

 

an unexpected sighting of two DeLorean autos driving up to this same winery.

Jo said she would buy me one for Christmas but didn't say which one.

 

Our next winery and lunch stop

On our way to the final winery we stopped at this dam that provides drinking water to the surrounding areas.  After construction was completed it was found that the arched concrete wall had unique sound characteristics.  People standing on either end of the dam can carry on a normal voice conversation as if they were side by side.  They call this the whispering wall.

 on the far side

 talking to folks on this side

 

Our final winery before heading back to our ship

 

 

 one huge eucalyptus gum tree