We were on the road again today, heading for Adelaide. We can hear the grapes of the Barossa Valley calling us! The Barossa Valley is a renowned wine producing region North-East of Adelaide. There you can enjoy numerous high-profile wineries with the local prize winning grapes producing award winning Shiraz wines as their specialty. (More information on the region here.)
We had to pass back through Port Augusta which meant that we have actually done a complete circle of half of Australia, the Western Australia side. 22,500kms we have travelled to get back to this sign. Of course, we had to have another photo. 
We stopped for morning tea at Port Pirie, a thriving bustling town, and decided to head inland to Clare. We had heard a lot about Clare from Mike in Esperance and wanted to give the Chinese Dragon Restaurant a whirl for dinner. We had something to celebrate tonight and eating at the restaurant would be perfect. 
Today, in Melbourne, Aaron began his new job so we thought it very fitting to enjoy a nice meal, albeit without him.
Caleb had the kids ice cream treat for dessert. He was given 3 scoops of icecream and was presented with a large selection of little jars containing a variety of toppings for him to pile on top. It was a great idea and even though he only wanted coloured sprinkles, he loved putting them on himself. 
The Clare Valley is the wine growing region North of the Barossa Valley. It is likened to Tuscanny in Europe for its character filled houses and beautiful streetscape. The Valley certainly is beautiful, lush and green. 
We consulted our “Camps” book (the traveller’s Bible) and saw that we could stay at the racecourse for a nominal fee. We discovered that we could have power and water, toilets and showers for $20 a night. Most spectacular was the view and the gorgeous grass that we pulled up on. We were joined by about 7 other travellers and all decided that we certainly had “hit a good one”.
The information centre was very informative and we could see that we could easily spend a few days here. 
We thought it would be something we could do as a day trip from Adelaide, along with the Barossa Valley. 
After dinner we “chased” the beautiful sunset over the valley and got some magnificent photos. We love doing this. Racing along country roads, stopping between trees and jumping out of the car or hanging out of windows to secure the best photo of the sun going down then moving on a track or two to challenge ourselves to see if we can top the photo before the sun disappears altogether.
Back at camp, Ray was amused by the height of the showerhead in the men’s shower. The facilities are obviously provided for jockeys! His shower was a contortionists event! We couldn’t stop laughing.