Almond Hill Bed & Breakfast, Angaston, Barossa Valley, South Australia
My Barossa
The Barossa Valley is a beautiful place, any time of the year. If you are
interested in wine, food or history, your days will be filled with ease. From
the verandah at Almond Hill you can see Yalumba winery, which is well worth a
closer look, and at the other end of Angaston lies Saltram's. There are around
60 more wineries in the valley for those of you with stamina. The tree-lined
main street of Angaston has many pleasures, such as an excellent bookshop,
several coffeeshops, a cheesemaker, gemstone cutter, pubs and some seriously
good restaurants, a newsagent where the owner knows the name of every local,
shops for clothes, furniture and old things (don't miss the Abbey), the rural
phenomena which is a collective of ladies and gentlemen
selling baked goods (look out for my favourite, the almond crescents) and other
things they make and grow, a blacksmith, Angas Park Fruits,
a couple of churches and not one single traffic light. Every Saturday there is
a brilliant farmer's produce market held at Vintner's, selling the best tomatoes you can find (but be early). It is all pretty laid
back, really. The Barossa has several other villages to explore and fields
filled with vines and the occasional sheep in
between.
Some of my personal favourites travelling a little outside Angaston include
Henschke Wines for sheer brilliance, Rockford Wines for the stunning old
buildings even if you don't like winetasting, Greenock Creek Wines for utter
friendliness as well as everything else, Bethany church, school house and
cemetery for early settler history, the big hollow tree which once housed a
very persistent settler Herbig (his family still live nearby), and Luhr's Cottage for an
exercise in trust. I could go on, and if you need help planning your day I
will. It you like golf, there are two very good and well priced country
courses nearby, and I will provide the clubs. You could also go balloning, take a helicopter ride, watch
sheep dogs do their tricks or just enjoy being here, doing precious little.
All photographs courtesy of Richard Baxter, Barossa Studio Photography.
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| Almond Hill Bed & Breakfast, Angaston, Barossa Valley, South Australia |
| My Barossa |
| The Barossa Valley is a beautiful place, any time of the year. If you are interested in wine, food or history, your days will be filled with ease. From the verandah at Almond Hill you can see Yalumba winery, which is well worth a closer look, and at the other end of Angaston lies Saltram's. There are around 60 more wineries in the valley for those of you with stamina. The tree-lined main street of Angaston has many pleasures, such as an excellent bookshop, several coffeeshops, a cheesemaker, gemstone cutter, pubs and some seriously good restaurants, a newsagent where the owner knows the name of every local, shops for clothes, furniture and old things (don't miss the Abbey), the rural phenomena which is a collective of ladies and gentlemen selling baked goods (look out for my favourite, the almond crescents) and other things they make and grow, a blacksmith, Angas Park Fruits, a couple of churches and not one single traffic light. Every Saturday there is a brilliant farmer's produce market held at Vintner's, selling the best tomatoes you can find (but be early). It is all pretty laid back, really. The Barossa has several other villages to explore and fields filled with vines and the occasional sheep in between. |
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Some of my personal favourites travelling a little outside Angaston include
Henschke Wines for sheer brilliance, Rockford Wines for the stunning old
buildings even if you don't like winetasting, Greenock Creek Wines for utter
friendliness as well as everything else, Bethany church, school house and
cemetery for early settler history, the big hollow tree which once housed a
very persistent settler Herbig (his family still live nearby), and Luhr's Cottage for an
exercise in trust. I could go on, and if you need help planning your day I
will. It you like golf, there are two very good and well priced country
courses nearby, and I will provide the clubs. You could also go balloning, take a helicopter ride, watch
sheep dogs do their tricks or just enjoy being here, doing precious little.
All photographs courtesy of Richard Baxter, Barossa Studio Photography. |
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