Wednesday, 28 August 2013

Barossa Valley to Coonalpyn - 185km



 I had a really good day today.  When I left the caravan park this morning I didn’t have a clue which way to head so I set the GPS for the shortest way home and just followed instructions.

It took me for a beautiful drive along country lanes and roads, past vineyards, and vast fields of emerald green (lucerne I think) as well as vast stretches of yellow canola fields.  The Barossa Valley is so pretty.  I would like to return one day and have a good look around.

I had a great experience that took me back about 50 years.  As I was heading along the highway I missed a freeway turnoff that I was supposed to take, but the GPS quickly reprogrammed and so I continued on my way through more beautiful countryside.  After about twenty kilometres I arrived at the edge of the Murray river at Coorang and had to board an old ferry to get across to the other side.  

The ferry is operated by long steel cables that stretch across the river and pull it across from one side of the river to the other.  So surprising in this day and age that this mode of transport still exists close to a major city, but such a lot of fun.  

Ferry across the Murray River.





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