Shiraz Trail (Mclaren Vale to Willunga). SA.

The Shiraz Trail is a 9km section of the Coast to Vines trail which is 37km long.  The Coast to Vines Trail goes from quaint Willunga, McLaren Vale, Seaford Rise, Onkaparinga River, Hackham, Reynella & finishes at Marino Rocks. 
Taringa (Binny Road) & Pikkara were 2 of the stops for the trains when they ran along this track, passing many vineyards.  Pikkara is near to one of our favourite winery's Wirra, Wirra, which was originally established in 1894 by the South Australia eccentric & cricketer Robert Strangeways Wigley. Wirra Wirra prospered in the early days, in fact until Wigleys death in 1925, when the winery ran into disrepair and was eventually abandoned.  Thankfully for all of us, it was rebuilt in 1969.
On one of my wintery days off, I decided to get out in the country and fill my lungs which fresh air and my hair with rain!!  This is such a pretty walk and changes through the seasons.  I have tried to capture some of the stunning topography and other things I found interesting.

The path to Willunga.

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Pretty.

Nice yet........

weird.

Many trees.

Doesn't look much from a distance, but

Close up is a different picture.

Lots of these, always hiding!!

See the 3 little finches eating the Olives.

Arrhhhhhh! 

Just Nice.

Vineyards to Hills.

Vineyards.

A nice bit of colour. 

Pretty special.

The colours of our trees.

Scenic.

Dainty yellow.

Green Hills.

Un pruned Vines.

Artistic?

Vines everywhere.

This machine trims/prunes the vines, it moves so slowly you would have to be very patient to drive this!!

Strange.

Nice.

Soooo relaxing!!

Young Vines.

Young Vines to the hills.

Wild Olives.

Love this & if you look closely you can see the hills in the droplet of water!!

Amazing.....love this.

I have seen pictures just like this on the front of Olive Oil bottles!

Olives every where!

Probably a weed, but I liked it!

 

Vines.

Delicate.

The Autumn Colours.

Delightful.

Purple Bells.

Willunga Rose Garden, with over 700 Rose bushes, timber arbours, park benches, gravel tracks & slate paths.

Timber armours.

Perfect.

Delicate.

Pretty.

Rose bud.

Timber armours.

A stunning tree.

Love how this bark, curls & rolls.

A Galah trying to stay dry.

Willunga golf course.

Willunga Golf Course.

I meant a man on the track, picking Olives.....I asked him why he picks the Olives and then puts them in water, because if they are table Olives it stops them from bruising! If you were making oil it doesn't real matter. I was checking out the sizing as really I knew nothing about Olives.