Around 14km south of Maitland, Barley Stacks is further proof that you can make great wine pretty much anywhere in South Australia (below a certain latitude!). The tasting room here is a big tin shed with a rustic bar, 2km along a dirt road: try the shiraz. Occasional live music and pizza afternoons.


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1. Watsacowie Brewing Company

20.59 MILES

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2. Miner's Cottage

26.89 MILES

This fully restored 1870 mud-and-grass miner's cottage and garden is part of the sprawling Moonta Heritage Site, 1.5km east of town. It's typical of the…

3. Moonta Mines Museum

27 MILES

This impressive 1878 stone edifice was once the Moonta Mines Model School and had 1100 students. These days it's the centrepiece of the sprawling Moonta…