Port Noarlunga South: the view from our motel and

The swimming beach alongside

And the local corner cafe….

Samuel’s Creek winery : handsome garden, welcome facilities, extravagant sedum, cellar door staffed by Caitlin Davies, and family picnics out of the hot sun:

all on the edge of the Onkaparinga River national park

a series of ‘egg’ ceramic fermenters at Yarranga

And a file of wine tasters at Shaw & Smith – and crowds of agapanthus

A variety of verandas – Shaw & Smith (21st century) and Seppelstfield (19th century)

Finally, the geological map of McLaren Vale – older than 500 million years…