Dec 13

Kapunda

We were hoping for a cooling down overnight but that didn’t happen. So today another hot one. We decide to make it tourist day and visit the sights of the Barossa. We have some time to kill until Saturday when we’re visiting Colin for the bus service and a repaired kite, so what better way then to visit this beautiful area and the wineries.

It seems that Kapunda, where we are first, has a capita of 140 and about 60 churches. Marjo thinks that this estimate might be an exaggeration, but agrees with me that there are a lot.

There is a clear German influence in the region, with a clear Lutheran undertone. Later we learn that in 1838 when George Fife Angas, a director of a South Australian company, made a trip to London to promote colonization he met Pastor Kavel who was trying to help German Lutherans, being persecuted by the King of Prussia, to immigrate to safer places. Angas was moved by the plight of the Lutherans and persuaded Kavel that South Australia was a suitable place for emigration and also provided the generous financial assistance of $8000 pounds. So now there is a distinct German taste such as Hahndorf, Lobethal (wonder how the Australians pronounce that) and Klemzig.

Then we come to the place that put Kapunda on the map, the copper mine. The distinct green colours of oxidised copper are distinctly different from other earth colours we have seen sofar.

Because the mine is retired there’s a clear no-fossicking policy.

With a smile like that you tend to forget those silly rules.

Then we visit some things like galleries.

And have some lunch to cool down the dogs.

Nossi only chased down the birds three times before he got more interested in the bread I was feeding them.

Then we settled in the shade, hosed each other off and ordered delivery pizza.
Marjo meanwhile painted a Christmas theme while I read. By now the temperature started to drop a little.

We were somewhat shocked that the two pizza’s costed $45 but then saw the crusty base and the size and had pizza for dinner for two nights.