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In the Clare Valley, is just an hour and a half north of Adelaide, you can be a world away. With a rich cultural tapestry dating back 160 years and more than 35 cellar doors, the region is perfect for immersing yourself in the finer things in life. It is well-known for its wineries, restaurants, and country pubs. Settle into a bed and breakfast within one of the valley's historic villages, where you'll relish the bucolic vistas and the charm of this engaging region.
Several heritage-listed towns are situated within the Clare Valley and offer visitors an abundance of historic stone buildings to explore. Many remnants of the region's copper mining and farming past also remain for sightseers to view. Make sure you visit Burra, one of the world's best-preserved colonial mining communities. There are a myriad of accommodation options available to visitors. Stay in a historic miner’s cottage, a beautiful bed and breakfast or at a working sheep station.
The Historic Kapunda Heritage Trail is a 10km walk through yesteryear which will lead you into the old mine area, past tunnels, open cuts, and miners cottages. Admire the many buildings adorned with magnificent ‘Kapunda lacework’, and remember to look up at ‘Map Kernow’ which can be translated as 'Son of Cornwall'. It is an eight metre high statue was constructed as a tribute to the Cornish miners who contributed to the establishment of Australia's first commercial mining venture, on the southern edge of town.
A small and friendly country town with a rich and interesting history, Kapunda was settled in the 1830's and situated between the Clare and Barossa Valleys. The town displays a pleasant appeal which, in part, emanates from the ornate, well preserved, main precinct buildings which continue to serve the community after more than a century and a half.
There are many fantastic antique shops, museums and art galleries in the Clare Valley, especially in Tarlee, Mintaro and Burra.
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| Burra Motor Inn |
 Market Street, Burra
Burra Motor Inn is set in a quiet location near the town centre. Offering modern motel units in a picturesque setting along the tree lined Burra Creek.
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| Clare Central Motel |
 325 Main North Road, Clare
Centrally located in the township of Clare, the Clare Central Motel offers quality accommodation with fine dining. Adjacent to the Tim Knappstein winery and only two kilometres from the Clare Golf Course.
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| Clare Valley Cabins |
 White Hut Road, Clare
Escape to a luxury cabin in a bush setting, surrounded by vineyards. The cabins are located on 52 acres and only minutes from wineries, Clare golf course and the town of Clare.
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| Clare Valley Motel |
 74a Main North Road, Clare
Spend a day at the wineries followed by a barbecue under the gazebo, swim in the adjacent pool or enjoy dinner in the renowned Impressions A La Carte Restaurant.
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| Peterborough Motor Inn |
 25 Queen Street, Peterborough
Peterborough Motor Inn boasts 27 well appointed ground floor studio units, serviced daily. Genuine country hospitality situated in a quiet location away from the main street.
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Kapunda is where Australia’s copper industry really began. In 1838, a sheep farmer named Dutton stumbled over some “moss-coloured stones” on land that wasn’t his. He sent the stones to be assayed in the United Kingdom and had to wait two years for the results to make the return voyage. It was of course copper-ore, the highest grade ore found anywhere in the world to this day.
Dutton and his partner Bagot bought the land around Kapunda and announced their discovery and built Australia’s first mining town. The million pounds-worth of copper proved a huge shot in the arm to the fledgling colony of South Australia, which was languishing in the economic doldrums.
Regarded as the finest in Australia, the fascinating two-storey folk museum has extensive agricultural and mining displays. Bagot’s Fortune is an excellent interpretative display of the mining history with a working scale model of Kapunda’s original Cornish Bull Pumping Engine. A motor pavilion features Kapunda’s old fire engine and ambulance.
For more than 40 years Kapunda was the home to Australia’s ‘Cattle King’, Sir Sidney Kidman. He oversaw the establishment of enormous horse sales, which came to be regarded as the world’s largest, and eventually donated the family home to the community to be used as a high school. Nearby Anlaby Station is a magnificent example of a pastoral homestead, originally settled by the Dutton family.
The Wheatsheaf Pub at Allendale is also a must do when visiting Kapunda.
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Freeling is a quaint rural town with many historical buildings. You can wander the heritage streets at leisure, or follow the walking trail and learn about Freeling’s rich farming history.
But a growing number of visitors are heading straight for the Gungellan Hotel - as seen by fans of the TV series McLeod’s Daughters in some 100 countries. The pub and streets of Freeling feature regularly in the McLeod shooting schedules, with nearby Kapunda and Roseworthy occasionally being called into the action. The proprietors of the Gungellan Hotel (formerly The Railway) are well used to answering questions from the series’ many fans.
If you’re wondering, the McLeod’s station ‘Drover’s Run’ lies some 15 kilometres to the south-west. It’s a real property called Kingsford, currently owned by Channel 9, entirely given over to production and off limits to the public. The local countryside, however is one of the major stars of the show - and free for everyone to enjoy!
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Roseworthy has a major grain-holding centre and is home to Roseworthy College, Australia’s first agricultural education centre. Part of this campus is devoted to the Roseworthy Agricultural Museum, housing one of Australia’s most impressive collections of farming implements and machinery, all restored by volunteers to their former - and mostly working - glory. One of the more unusual machines is a tractor that is started using a 12-gauge shotgun cartridge. |
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