For those of you who have not seen the Australia television show McLeod's Daughters, too bad for you! It is a wonderful series about 4 women running a cattle and sheep property. The show ran for 8 seasons; however, some us feel only the first 5 are really worthwhile mainly because the original cast members, characters whom one grows to love, leave the series.
My main reason for wanting to visit Adelaide was to have the opportunity to visit the area where the series was filmed. I thought I would have to try to figure it out for myself, but thanks to Penny in the Adelaide information office, I had a bit more direction. I emailed the people who organized the tours, finally hearing back that there were no tours the day we had available, but she had a packet of information and directions to some of the sites.
Thursday morning, Trevor and I hike to the Avis office in Adelaide to pick up our car, a Rav4, which I was happy about since I am a Rav4 owner.
We headed off to meet Dianne at bus stop 41 up the Main North Road to pick up our materials. Trevor says, "Do you want me to drive because I think you might want to take some pictures." I said, "Might want to," and he says, "Ok, you will want to."
We drove north to Gawler, following our directions. We passed by a self-service car wash where, in one episode, Jodi has to groom a prize bull for a cattle show. The main thing to see, though, was the homestead, so on we went, eventually traveling down the the dirt/gravel road you often see in the series to the homestead, Drovers Run. Our directions took us to a good viewing spot as you cannot get up close to the house and rest of the property.
Next, we went back into Gawler to the information center where the original sign from the gate to Drovers is on display.
While the directions pointed us to a variety of sites, most from the later seasons of the series, I decided I really only wanted to see the Gungellan Hotel in Freeling, a bit further north. Upon arriving, a woman sitting outside with her HUGE Saint Bernard greeted us with, "You know they filmed McLeod's here." I said, "And that's why we're here."
Trevor and I had lunch at the Gungellan Hotel, a typical Aussie burger: burger, fried egg, cheese, onions, lettuce, and bacon. We both ended up eating with a knife and fork.
Further on from the Hotel is a park area with the iconic windmill and bathtub from the series on display.
We left Gungellan/Freeling, stopping to take a picture of a sign we missed taking a picture of on the way into town. Finished with the McLeod's Daughters tour, we turned back to Adelaide where Trevor navigated expertly back to our hotel. Tomorrow, Friday, June 1, we fly back to Sydney and will meet up with Trevor's friend Jessica on Saturday.
My main reason for wanting to visit Adelaide was to have the opportunity to visit the area where the series was filmed. I thought I would have to try to figure it out for myself, but thanks to Penny in the Adelaide information office, I had a bit more direction. I emailed the people who organized the tours, finally hearing back that there were no tours the day we had available, but she had a packet of information and directions to some of the sites.
Thursday morning, Trevor and I hike to the Avis office in Adelaide to pick up our car, a Rav4, which I was happy about since I am a Rav4 owner.
We headed off to meet Dianne at bus stop 41 up the Main North Road to pick up our materials. Trevor says, "Do you want me to drive because I think you might want to take some pictures." I said, "Might want to," and he says, "Ok, you will want to."
We drove north to Gawler, following our directions. We passed by a self-service car wash where, in one episode, Jodi has to groom a prize bull for a cattle show. The main thing to see, though, was the homestead, so on we went, eventually traveling down the the dirt/gravel road you often see in the series to the homestead, Drovers Run. Our directions took us to a good viewing spot as you cannot get up close to the house and rest of the property.
Next, we went back into Gawler to the information center where the original sign from the gate to Drovers is on display.
While the directions pointed us to a variety of sites, most from the later seasons of the series, I decided I really only wanted to see the Gungellan Hotel in Freeling, a bit further north. Upon arriving, a woman sitting outside with her HUGE Saint Bernard greeted us with, "You know they filmed McLeod's here." I said, "And that's why we're here."
Trevor and I had lunch at the Gungellan Hotel, a typical Aussie burger: burger, fried egg, cheese, onions, lettuce, and bacon. We both ended up eating with a knife and fork.
Further on from the Hotel is a park area with the iconic windmill and bathtub from the series on display.
We left Gungellan/Freeling, stopping to take a picture of a sign we missed taking a picture of on the way into town. Finished with the McLeod's Daughters tour, we turned back to Adelaide where Trevor navigated expertly back to our hotel. Tomorrow, Friday, June 1, we fly back to Sydney and will meet up with Trevor's friend Jessica on Saturday.
