Regional Development Australia Barossa recently advertised a Thinking Barossa forum headed with a question, Can we have it all?With a title like that it piqued my interest in regional development so I booked in online and looked forward to making the drive out along the new Northern Expressway and through the valley.

At late notice I decided to drive up to the Barossa Valley the night before the forum and I booked into the Novotel Barossa Valley Resort in Rowland Flat.  Arriving after dark I was happy to see the resort had been updated with a number of improvements from the last time I stayed there for a conference which was a few years ago now.  Read More

A kaleidoscope of lycra clad cyclists, media, entourage, sponsors, spectators and families lined the decorated streets of Willunga for the Jayco Stage 5 of the Tour Down Under (TDU) on Saturday 22.1.11.

This stage started in McLaren Vale, through to Willunga, along Aldinga Road to the Esplanade at Aldinga Beach and Port Willunga, and then across vineyards along Tatachilla and McMurtrie Roads.  Stunning footage was beamed out to the world of this gorgeous countryside and our beaches.  The race distance was 131 km and Skoda King of the Mountain was fought out on Willunga Hill with the stage winner was Francisco Ventoso from team Movistar. Read More