Clare (the town)

30 min drive from Burra to Clare through beautiful rural countryside.
Clare is quite a big town and busy...it appears prosperous.
There was lots of advertising for a French Festival at Auburn this weekend. Auburn is a little further down the Clare Valley so we decided to go and see what celebrations were going on.
The village was decked in red white and blue banners but there were no stalls or market place....it seems it doesn't really start until tomorrow.
Nevermind....we were sitting having lunch on the verandah of an old pub when Robyn and Tony appeared....friends who had been travelling with Deb and Les.
Very nice to catch up and soak up some sunshine.
We went on to a local vineyard and found some reds we liked in this centre renown for Riesling

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