WELCOME
to the SOUTHERN BAROSSA ALLIANCE
We love the place we live!
A lively and committed
community and business group whose purpose is to invigorate community
pride by energising volunteers and promoting the local area.
WHEELS IN MOTION IN WILLIAMSTOWN
Williamstown
proved its credentials as the Barossa's adventure playground on
Thursday 18 January as hundreds turned out to see the 2024 Santos Tour
Down Under fly through the Southern Barossa...! And what a day it was!
The weather was perfect as Williamstown's famed friendliness was on show
as the peloton scooted through the town twice...!! here's some photos
to help you relive the day - and if you weren't there, there's always
next year....!
SOUTHERN BAROSSA CITIZENS TAKE OUT AUSTRALIA DAY AWARDS
Southern Barossa citizens with their ‘can do’ attitude in the ‘place we love to live’ shone through on Australia Day in 2022 with its hard-working community-minded residents taking out the Barossa Valley Council’s Australia Day awards.
2022 Citizen of the Year
This was awarded to our Simon Taylor who has championed the Southern Barossa for over 30 years, working tirelessly across many organisations to improve community health and wellbeing and create opportunities for community connection and outreach.
As we all know, Simon has especially advocated for young people through his work with the Southern Barossa Alliance, Barossa Local Drug Action Team and Barossa District Football and Netball Club.
His energy and enthusiasm has also contributed to the success of many tourism and community events, such as ROAR Barossa and the Santos Tour Down Under.
2022 Young Citizen of the Year
This award went to Katie Koch, a 19 year-old from Lyndoch who has shown maturity beyond her years, contributing to causes both locally and internationally to create long-lasting community change.
Katie has travelled to Cambodia as part of ‘RAW Impact’, a not-for-profit organisation that delivers education and sustainability initiatives to communities living in poverty.
She has been active in service closer to home too, volunteering at Tanunda Lutheran Home, organising a local food drive and contributing to local environmental initiatives.
2022 Award for Active Citizenship
A lifelong passion for animal welfare earned Lyndoch wildlife carer Rose Brooks this Award. As a child Rose was forever bringing home injured or orphaned animals, and 50 years on, her caring instincts and talents are put to use each day at Barossa Wildlife Rescue.
Founder of the not-for-profit organisation, Rose and her team of volunteers average 485 rescues or callouts each year, including attending to possums, echidnas, kangaroos, koalas and birds.
She is also committed to sharing her knowledge and expertise, training and mentoring wildlife carers with the aim of providing a 24-7 rescue service.
2022 Community Event of the Year
Far more than an outdoor adventure race, the Community Project of the Year went to ROAR Barossa which showcased the Southern Barossa as a nature adventure destination in its own right.
The first official race of its kind in SA, the triathlon attracted 100 entrants competing in kayaking, mountain biking and running over a range of distances at Mount Crawford Forest and the Warren Reservoir.
Promoting the Southern Barossa to a broader South Australian, national and international audience, the event’s success was largely due to volunteer effort and the successful partnership between the Southern Barossa Alliance and supporting partners.
The award was accepted on behalf of the ROAR Organising Committee by its hard-working Chair, Lyn Venning.
Families and special guests attended the ceremony to see Barossa Council Mayor Bim Lange present the Awards - and as can only happen in regional Australia, there were two 'special' guests who attended to witness Wildlife Carer Rose Brooks getting her 'gong', on behalf of those special Australians she helps.
Check out the pictures in our gallery below (click on them to bring them up to enlarged size) and see how Mayor Bim had to play Grandad to one of the special guests as Rose gave her acceptance speech....!
2022 SANTOS FESTIVAL OF CYCLING IN THE BAROSSA
Under unseasonal leaden skies and against
the backdrop of the ever-present COVID epidemic, the Barossa – and
particularly the Southern Barossa - played host to the 2022 SANTOS
FESTIVAL OF CYCLING on January 23 – and what a great event it was!
While it wasn’t quite the famous Tour Down Under, participants and spectators experienced the same atmosphere and thrills as the Women’s ZIPTRAK Stage 1 event started at the magnificent Chateau Tanunda, then roared into the Southern Barossa doing loops between Lyndoch and Williamstown before finishing in Williamstown mid-afternoon. The event went even further to cement the Southern Barossa as the region’s adventure playground, bringing in visitors who not only want to experience the Valley’s traditional wine and food offerings, but who are also looking for that adventurous edge to stimulate their senses.
Check out our short (3mins 12secs) video of the event below, relive your day at the Festival, and keep an eye out for the further ‘action days’ the Southern Barossa has planned later this year!
While it wasn’t quite the famous Tour Down Under, participants and spectators experienced the same atmosphere and thrills as the Women’s ZIPTRAK Stage 1 event started at the magnificent Chateau Tanunda, then roared into the Southern Barossa doing loops between Lyndoch and Williamstown before finishing in Williamstown mid-afternoon. The event went even further to cement the Southern Barossa as the region’s adventure playground, bringing in visitors who not only want to experience the Valley’s traditional wine and food offerings, but who are also looking for that adventurous edge to stimulate their senses.
Check out our short (3mins 12secs) video of the event below, relive your day at the Festival, and keep an eye out for the further ‘action days’ the Southern Barossa has planned later this year!
OTHER RECENT SOUTHERN BAROSSA EVENTS
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LA GRANDE
GITA 
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LYNDOCH BURSTS WITH FUN CELEBRATING THE BEGINNING OF SPRING!
Lyndoch again took ‘centre stage’
in the Barossa on Saturday October 23 when its renowned Budburst
Festival attracted over 200 locals and visitors to an afternoon of
entertainment and fun - this year based on a German theme.
Hosted by the Southern Barossa Alliance and the Lyndoch Community Committee, Budburst featured some of the region’s best young musical talent - and Heidi and Herman, Hahndorf Music accordionists, who entertained the crowd with their extensive classic repertoire of German tunes.
And there was also plenty of schluck und eine fressen - plenty to drink and eat - with wine, ale and coffee hitting the backs of the throats, while sausages’n’sauerkraut, seafood, European mini-pancake poffertjes and Barossa ice-cream satisfied increasing hunger as the late afternoon event turned to twilight.
Representing the organising committees, SBA Chair Zoe Phillips said the event was an outstanding event, returning to Lyndoch after a year’s hiatus, due to COVID.
“The Southern Barossa is fast becoming the Barossa’s tourist hot-spots so close to the greater Adelaide area,” Zoe said.
See our video of Budburst below - then check out our extended photo gallery...! (click on the images to bring them up to full size...)
Hosted by the Southern Barossa Alliance and the Lyndoch Community Committee, Budburst featured some of the region’s best young musical talent - and Heidi and Herman, Hahndorf Music accordionists, who entertained the crowd with their extensive classic repertoire of German tunes.
And there was also plenty of schluck und eine fressen - plenty to drink and eat - with wine, ale and coffee hitting the backs of the throats, while sausages’n’sauerkraut, seafood, European mini-pancake poffertjes and Barossa ice-cream satisfied increasing hunger as the late afternoon event turned to twilight.
Representing the organising committees, SBA Chair Zoe Phillips said the event was an outstanding event, returning to Lyndoch after a year’s hiatus, due to COVID.
“The Southern Barossa is fast becoming the Barossa’s tourist hot-spots so close to the greater Adelaide area,” Zoe said.
See our video of Budburst below - then check out our extended photo gallery...! (click on the images to bring them up to full size...)
