Broken Hill to Barossa Scenic Drive - Day 6

Broken Hill - Barrier Highway - Burra - Nurriopta - Angaston - Springton

The most beautiful drive with the most road kill! Woke up at six am the next day, breakfast and then off on Barrier highway towards Barossa valley. This trip wasn’t designed keeping in mind the transition in landscape within Australia but yes from Broken Hill towards Barossa there is a massive transition.

The highway crosses path with many small towns and villages with some historic win and gains. Beautiful scenery , cattle grazing, lovely wheat farms are like a painting designed for admiration. What a sight!! South Australia is beautiful with its pastoral lands - the food bowl and the fruit bowl!

The drive is fantastic up till BURRA . A cute little mining town is a great stop for coffee or lunch. Fact: The Burra mines supplied 89% of South Australia's and 5% of the world's copper for 15 years (Wikipedia) and the settlement has been credited (along with the mines at Kapunda) with saving the economy of the struggling new colony of South Australia. There are quite a few shops and ATMs. You can check out the historic buildings or the town hall .

Drive up the old Burra Burra 'monster' mines - vantage point that overlooks the town. The open cut mines now are filled with a water.

Rather than continuing on the highway we took another route towards Barossa via Nuriootpa and Angaston to Springton where we had booked our cottage. You have officially arrived at the valley after Burra!

Barossa valley is gorgeous, a lovely marvel of vineyards and scenery that want you to immerse yourself into it. Cute cottages, it was raining when we were approaching Springton. Through bookings.com we blocked an old b&b at Springton - Willowbrook Heritage Bed & Breakfast.

Springton is a short distance from Angaston. It comes under Eden valley which comes after Barossa valley. It has more boutique vineyards but is comparatively smaller than Barossa.

Upon arriving to Springton we felt excited seeing the b&b. brick building, wild plum trees, apple trees. Wow this is amazing!!! The stables where once horses were kept was renovated into a homestay. This place was an absolute delight, highly recommended.

After having a quick shower our plan was to hit the only surviving German village in Barossa…. HAHNDORF. It’s 1 hour drive from Springton but worth the visit if you are interested in Bavarian food, art, beer, architecture. A charming little village thou very busy and commercial.

Check the internet to learn about the German heritage in SA - the proof is awesome German bakeries, food and other knick knacks!

Hahndorf Inn is where we dined for some authentic Bavarian grub. Beers were spot on, Strudel was delicious and so was the food. By the end of the night we were stuffed piggies!