Archive for the 'Clare Valley' Category

The Lakeside Model Railway is in Clare in the mid north of South Australia, just over two hours from Adelaide. The area is a popular tourist and visitor destination because it is one of the state’s leading wine producing regions. This delightful little model railway is one of the lesser known gems in the Clare [...]

I enjoy visiting my daughter who is a teacher in Clare in the mid north of South Australia. There are many things for the tourist and visitor to do in the Clare Valley, one of our state’s leading wine producing areas. A little known attraction is the Lakeside Model Railway, pictured here on this post. [...]

The Lakeside Model Railway at Clare is a five minute stroll from my daughter’s house. It is situated in a lovely park like setting next to Lake Inchiquin, a popular picnic spot next to the Clare Country Club and Golf Course. On a regular basis model train enthusiasts hold meetings here on their extensive track [...]

One of the funny displays someone had prepared to greet the riders in this year’s Tour Down Under was this fellow near Watervale. It seems he was really serious about his training regime for the big race. An interesting thing happened while I was taking this photo. A journalist from the local Balaklava newspaper pulled [...]

Observant spectators at this year’s Tour Down Under would have seen plenty of interesting sights along the various routes taken by the riders. I took this photo of one of the “spectators” in front of the hotel at Watervale, just south of Clare where the race started. By the looks of it, he has spent [...]