The Barossa

The Barossa is made of a bunch of little towns.  And from the people I have met, everyone knows everyone through some means: school, family, dating, the usual. With in these little towns, there are some cool things to see, other than the odd relation of all the people.

The other day, some interns and I meandered to a dam called the "whispering wall".  This wall was build for a practical use, but also has an acoustic affect.  When one person stands at one end of the wall, a person at the other side of the wall, about 100+ meters away (yes metric system), can hear the opposite person perfectly.  Though the coolness of the wall is distracting, it is also gorgeous to look across the water.  I had not seen a body of water in Australia (except the ocean) until this one, so now I know Australia isn't completely dry.  

On this same mini adventure we saw some kangaroos.  They were kind of in the trees off the road, but we still had a sighting.  Those animals can move FAST.  They were hopping away at some pace faster than 30 kilometers/hour I think.  

The best part of this particular outing was the view we found.  There is a lookout on a hill where one can see a lot of the Barossa.  Sadly, pictures do not do it justice.  You can spot all the vineyards and some rolling hills in the distance.  Since it is summer, all the grass areas are as dead as all the bugs that try to enter my room, but someone told me in the Winter it all grows green again.  I don't know if I will be around for that change, but I can imagine it is beautiful.