The big loop - backwards: Kalangadoo

Graham decided to do some trout fishing (poor Lidia) so we went to stay at Pete's Fish Farm - "the last land based commercial trout farm in SA". And it's really the last one as in 6 weeks there are going to be no more trouts on his farm. Instead he is going to farm silver perch. So Graham was a very happy camper because he could try his luck at "fly" fishing and eat some rainbow trout.

Before Graham could put his fishing hat on, we went to visit the local Coonawarra wine regon. The famous wine district dates back to the 1800s and has over twenty wine cellars!!!! We were not able to visit all of them (somebody has to drive) so we picked half of a dozen wineries from the list and stacked up our own little "cellar". The area is renown for its cab sav wines, and we found a couple of Cab savs that for the rich earth flavors, without the mouth pucking dryness, namely Yalumba "cigar" and Jacks estate. We bought a couple of cab merlot and Shiraz blends as well.

The afternoon and the next day we spent fishing and relaxing. Pete fish farm has couple of run off ponds where some of his farmed fish had escaped and were living wild. We were allowed fo fish in these ponds, but were advised that these fish dont taste as nice as the ones farmed due to their natural diet. Graham caught around 15-20 rainbow trout of various sizes using a small spinner, but only kept the ones that needed surgery to retrieve the hooks. He even caught a white rainbow trout that Pete had been breeding!!!!