The vines
Neat rows.
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The Barossa Valley is a valley in South Australia, about 60 km north-east of central Adelaide. The North Para River forms it, and it is known as one of Australia's largest grape-growing regions and a well-known tourist area. Its traditional owners are the Peramangk people, and artefacts, scarred trees and shelter paintings show thousands of years of their presence. German migrants settled it in the 19th century, and their mark still shows in its churches, towns and bakeries. The Barossa Valley Way links its main towns, such as Nuriootpa, Tanunda and Lyndoch. You see long, neat rows of green vines covering rolling hills, dirt tracks between them and scattered gum trees. Soft brown hills line the horizon, the vines turn gold at sunset, and in autumn their leaves go yellow and red. It is about 54 km from Adelaide in a straight line. The Barossa Trail for walkers and cyclists runs 40 km between the towns.
Neat rows.
Rolling.
Golden leaves.
North-east of Adelaide, South Australia
German migrants in the 19th century.
By car on the Barossa Valley Way or by bike on the trail.