Visiting GSE teams to our home District of Kent and East Sussex have commented on being completely “castled out” and we have every opportunity of being “wineried out“the difference is we are not complaining. Today we visited Lake Breeze and Bleasdale at Langhorne Creek the extent of wine growing is quite incredible I have never seen such extensive vineyards. T
he other side of this is that this is the driest state in the driest continent and this area relies on flood irrigation and of course there have been no floods so some of the vineyards in this area have resorted to drip irrigation. Lake Breeze is a small but very successful winery that has won many prizes, a family business where we were given a full tour of the process. Interesting they do not sell though supermarkets! We were also given a 
cream tea before moving onto Bleasdale a larger and much older winery with the most amazing massive old press. Their vats were made of the local gum trees rather than imported oak. Back to Murray Bridge we were introduced to the fabled Bunyip an aboriginal myth (or is it) told to children to keep them away form the water. We had 
lunch on the MV Minelo a fabulous meal and the river setting was stunning with the paddle steamers passing by. We then joined Bruce and Ruth Frazer on their boat Eros we cruised up and down stream that is if there had been any stream flowing the closer you get to the sea the more devastating the water problem seems to be. Water levels despite the damming are significantly down and the reed beds are 
completely dried up it is however still a very beautiful area. In the evening we all convened at my host’s house for a superb BBQ of lamb and Kangaroo followed by Quandong pie which is unique to this area and a most unusual taste of rhubarb and plumbs. It was a fantastic night from a very friendly and fun club.
he other side of this is that this is the driest state in the driest continent and this area relies on flood irrigation and of course there have been no floods so some of the vineyards in this area have resorted to drip irrigation. Lake Breeze is a small but very successful winery that has won many prizes, a family business where we were given a full tour of the process. Interesting they do not sell though supermarkets! We were also given a 
cream tea before moving onto Bleasdale a larger and much older winery with the most amazing massive old press. Their vats were made of the local gum trees rather than imported oak. Back to Murray Bridge we were introduced to the fabled Bunyip an aboriginal myth (or is it) told to children to keep them away form the water. We had 
lunch on the MV Minelo a fabulous meal and the river setting was stunning with the paddle steamers passing by. We then joined Bruce and Ruth Frazer on their boat Eros we cruised up and down stream that is if there had been any stream flowing the closer you get to the sea the more devastating the water problem seems to be. Water levels despite the damming are significantly down and the reed beds are 
completely dried up it is however still a very beautiful area. In the evening we all convened at my host’s house for a superb BBQ of lamb and Kangaroo followed by Quandong pie which is unique to this area and a most unusual taste of rhubarb and plumbs. It was a fantastic night from a very friendly and fun club.
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