A free hire car upgrade is always a good way to start a weekend away. Satnav on and away we go, out of Adelaide, up the Main North Road to wine country. Shiraz country, to be precise: the Big Barossa. Once past the outer suburbs the landscape becomes more and more sun-scorched, all browns, ochres … Continue reading the big barossa
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and it begins
Adelaide, November. I arrive in the middle of the most severe November heatwave since records began. It’s not that hot when I arrive: only in the mid-thirties. I move between a severely air-conditioned office and a severely air-conditioned hotel room, hardly noticing the relentless heat. A small army of volunteers in the meeting room below … Continue reading and it begins
visiting noela & the mclaren vale wineries
My friend Noela moved back to Adelaide in the New Year. We miss her! So much so in fact that I went to visit her for the weekend about a month after she had moved there. We ate at an amazing Italian restaurant in the city, Rigoni’s, where I was actually served one of the … Continue reading visiting noela & the mclaren vale wineries
Máiréad Doyle 