The Barossa

Reporter:  Julie Longden

Last weekend saw Marg and Dave and Judy and Julie and Bruce hit the road and drive over to the Barossa Valley and meet up with Adelaide friends Annette and Fred Eske . 

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Yes folks , it was our yearly RMH nurses get together - with The husbands being invited along too. 
( In reality This  was so the girls could relax and chatter and not have to worry about navigation and which wineries to visit ) It was a good ploy and a great time was had by all . 
Marg rose to the challenge of sourcing out our accommodation and a marvellous time was had staying at The Retro BnB - in true 70’s fashion 
Carole King was playing on the big Screen as we walked in and it didn’t take us long to get into the groove .  Champagne bottle corks popped and we were off dancing and laughing and in the groove. 

The boys were in their element - a pinball machine greeted them in the games room and it was on. Bruce and Dave battling it out to see who was the best player. The scores came rolling in 25,000, 38,000, 52,000 etc - you get the picture . 
Somehow in my youth - I had missed out playing the pinball machine - so the next evening - I thought I would check it out. So with my one $1.00 coin - and some instructions from Bruce - off I went to play . 
Oh No !!! You wouldn’t believe it - I scored 98,000 on my first go . 
What!! Were the cries from Dave and Bruce 
Disbelief on their faces - I had beaten them. This would never do - so the next evenings were spent trying to beat this score and finally one of them did ! 
However - in doing so -the pinball machine was fed so well with $1.00 coins that it stopped performing.😂😂😂😂

Sunday morning cook up

We enjoyed lunches out - Saturday at Maggie Beers 
Sunday at Artisans - and food was beautiful. 
We visited of course some beautiful wineries - eg. Chateau Tanundra and Charles Melton and enjoyed sampling and exploring these. 
So glad we hired a car and drove over - otherwise we would never have been able to fly home with all our purchases . 

One final note before I finish my epistle 
We also saw the Silo Murals at Coonalpyn on our drive back from the Barossa and if anyone wants a mnemonic to remember this place - think of Coon cheese trudging up the Alp with a pin stuck in it - 😂😂😂😂
I will leave you with that picture 
Cheers 
Julie