Off to the Barossa Valley

28th July 2025

 Back at Foxtale Houseboats before 9 am, we proceeded to unload the boat. Even though we have consumed a lot of what we had taken aboard, the unloading was still a major exercise. We were finished by 9.30 am, everyone said their farewells and 3 couples headed off in their cars for Hay on their return trip to Sydney. Our caravan ping friends, Brian and Ann, and ourselves headed for Nuriootpa in the Barossa Valley.

The drive to Nuriootpa is only 98 km, so roadworks and speed limits etc we are at the caravan park by 11.20 am, a bit ahead of official check in time, but they reluctantly let us check in and arranged adjoining sites for us.

It is a larger caravan park, close to town, and adjoining the main sports oval.

Entrance

It is a bit of a drive around the oval to get to the caravan park

Fortunately many of the sites, including ours are drive through

After a week on the houseboat, we have lots of laundry to attend to, and we need to replenish our food supplies in the van. This takes up the best part of the rest of the day, before settling in to sundowners.

Tomorrow we plan to have a look around the Barossa, taste some wines and relax. The weather forecast looks pretty grim with a 9 C maximum forecast and the possibility of showers.