Sunday, July 15, 2007

Hahndorf & beyond

On Saturday (July 14) we took my Mum out for a day out. We went for lunch at the Hahndorf Hill Winery which has just recently begun to serve food on the weekends. It's in a beautiful location over looking farming land - contented cows in stunningly green pastures. Mum and I had the lamb shanks (great winter dish), David had the venison (think slaughtered Bambi) and I had dessert of warmed prunes and ice-cream with chocolate sauce. We had a bottle of the shiraz, stunning, to go with the mains.

After lunch we went to a new cellar door at Balhannah, Abbey Rock. Nice venue. Instead of a bar you're seated at Chesterfields and leather tub chairs and served the wine. Very salubrious.

After that we went to Mount Barker and had a look at my brother Ken's new place of work - Radio Rentals Mount Barker in the new homemaker complex. I went a bit mad taking photos of the complex as it's mostly empty and you could get these neat, surreal shots of it. Ken was at work so we had a chat to him went for coffee and then dropped Mum off with Ken so she could go home with him back to Murray Bridge.

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Me reflected in the log fire at Hahndorf Hill Winery. Burn, Baby Burn, Disco Inferno . . .



Mum and David



The lamb shanks were very fine indeed.



My dessert. Most food groups covered - the chocolate group, the ice cream group and the . . . um . . . prune group.



The character-ful dog who inhabits the car park at Hahndorf Hill Winery. He loves a good game of fetch.