Kaiserstuhl Conservation Park
Nestled amongst the Barossa Ranges, this rugged park is perfect for keen bushwalkers. The walking trails pass through a variety of landscapes including creeks, rocky outcrops, areas of low forest, scrub and open grassland. The park has panoramic views over the Eden Valley and Barossa Valley to the distant Gulf St Vincent. The trails identify native plants and points of interest, as well as offering the chance to observe kangaroos and a host of birds in their natural setting.
Evenings and early mornings are the best time to observe the park’s wildlife. Kangaroos feed on the open grasslands, reptiles are seen in the warmer months, while the occasional Echidna, koala or possum may be seen foraging for food at dusk.
The main entrance is located on Tanunda Creek Road (off Mengler Hill Road).
Eden Valley Lookout
The Eden Valley Scenic Lookout offers superb views from Keyneton across to High Eden. It is easy to see why the region was known as “the garden of grapes and gums.”
Head out of Eden Valley on the Angaston Road and you will see the cross on the hill to the east. Turn right onto Burkes Hill Road. Soak up the views, enjoy a picnic, and on Easter Sunday join the community for the Easter dawn service.
Steingarten Lookout
Visit one of Australia’s most famous Riesling vineyards, Steingarten – Garden of Stones, planted at a lofty altitude on the western gateway to the Eden Valley region. The track running in front of the vineyard is the border between the Eden and Barossa Valley. Offering delightful views – to the north-east, of Kaiserstuhl and part of Mt Crawford Forest, and to the north-west, of the Barossa Valley and beyond. A perfect place to enjoy a crisp Riesling sundowner, a picnic, or simply soak up the stunning views.
Remember to leave the gates as you find them, as sheep graze in the paddock.
Enter from Trial Hill Road from Rowland Flat, or from Eden Valley via Brownes Rd.
Barossa Farmers Market
The Barossa Farmers Market is located in Vintners Sheds, behind Vintners Bar and Grill, corner of Nuriootpa and Stockwell roads. Open every Saturday from 7:30am to 11:30am, the market is the place to go for local gourmet produce, fresh fruit, vegetables local meats, and much more, come rain, hail or shine.
The community breakfast bar serves up the classic egg and bacon roll; farm-fresh eggs, and bacon, on a fresh roll, with amazing sauces and chutneys to top it off. Grab a barista-made coffee, pull up a bench, and forget about the dishes!
Historic Herbig Family Tree
Sitting off the main street of Springton is a hollow tree trunk, which provided a ‘home’ for Friedrich and Caroline Herbig and two of their 16 children until 1860.
Johann Friedrich Herbig (27) arrived in South Australia on the Wilhelmine from Bremen on 3 October 1855. While looking for employment he went to the Adelaide Hills where he worked for George Fife Angas. He later leased a block of land of eighty acres from Angas at Black Springs, later called Springton. Being still rather poor, Friedrich lived in the base of this very large gum tree which was located on his own land, thus saving rent or the cost of having to build a hut or house.
Friedrich and Caroline married in 1858, and Caroline moved into the tree house in which Friedrich had been living for nearly three years. A year later, the first of their sixteen children, Johann August, was born in the tree. After the birth of their second son in 1860 the tree house became too small and a hut was built to accommodate the growing family.
Prior to the Herbigs, the tree was used by the Peramangk peoples, providing shelter and resources. Gaze into the branches to see the scarring from the bark removed by the Peramangk.
