Barossa Valley with Michelle

 Our cousin from Sydney came for a visit around the fourth of July & her and I went up to the Barossa Valley for a girls' weekend. There's been lots of rain, so things were still quite green although the vines were completely bare of grapes.

 We went on an adventure to find a beautiful lookout, but instead hung out in a dirt and undeveloped parking lot where I snapped the following photo. I'm going to try to get it on the news under the weather. Just down the road from this view was the real lookout including its paved parking lot.

 Being a Sydney artist, Michelle is always on the lookout for beautiful expressions of creativity. We found this sculpture outside a winery that we didn't even bother to go in because we felt like we'd already seen the best part. Both of us are in the center of that ball.

And finally, what discussion of the Barossa Valley would be complete without a shot of wine cases. This vineyard, The Chateau was a renovated property complete with a croquet lawn and historic clubs. I highly recommend taste testing there as we tried an amazing few sips of reds and whites that were indescribably good. Up next, other shots from Michelle's weekend in SA.