CHALETS KAPUNDA

Blue Gum Retreat is a small attractive compact unit with limited cooking facilities. Located on a 100 acre mixed farm with panoramic views of the Light Valley. Close to Heysen and Mawson Trails. Horse stabling available for guests' horses by prior arrangement. Guests are free to roam the whole farm....

One White Kite is both a cafe and a gift store. It stocks South Australia's Mahalia coffee and the Barossa's Scullery Made teas, along with tempting homemade baked goods and delicious light lunches including fresh baguettes and ciabatta rolls, seasonal salads and soups, and children's snacks. Local ingredients are used where possible, including Kapunda free-range eggs, Zimmys Barossa Pickle and seasonal fruit and vegetables. Its unique range of home and lifestyle gifts includes a mixture of home wares, jewellery, children's gifts, soaps, books, and gourmet food products. One White Kite also has a range of original art and design works on display....

The Kidman Connection is a walking or driving tour of Kapunda, highlighting places connected with Sir Sidney Kidman. Known as the "Cattle King" Sir Sidney Kidman, lived in Kapunda from the 1880's to 1921. From here he managed a pastoral empire and became the largest landowner in Australia. Visit (during school hours the Kapunda High School), which was his former home 'Eringa', donated to the Education Department in 1921. A Mural and Bust is located in the Post Office quadrangle and his famous horse sales were held directly behind the historic North Kapunda Hotel. The books the 'The Forgotten King' by Jill Bowen and the 'Extraordinary King' are available for purchase and a detailed self guided tour brochure is also available from the Kapunda Visitor Information Centre. Open seven days a week Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm - Saturday/Sunday and Public Holidays 10am to 4pm. Closed Christmas Day, Good Friday and ANZAC Day till noon....

Anlaby is one of Australia's great homesteads and one of the first grand rural properties of South Australia. Settled in 1839 by Frederick Dutton, it reached its heyday in the Edwardian era when it also hosted the Prince of Wales. The property is in the process of being restored to breathe life into the original buildings and gardens that once echoed to the sounds of a prosperous and thriving rural station and community. The Manor House was one of the first residences on the property to be refurbished. It is now available as short stay accommodation. The double storey cottage has one king, one king/twin and one queen bedroom, sharing a bathroom and comfortable living area and combined kitchen/dining space making it the perfect self contained accommodation for a family or small group. Explore the Folly and the 10 acre gardens including the 600 roses in the formal rose garden. Visit the stable quadrangle with its old clock tower, stables, blacksmith's shop, harness and saddle rooms and grooms quarters....

A Barn in the Barossa offers unique self contained barn accommodation on the edge of the Barossa Valley. The former home and painting studio of owner and floral artist Jacqueline Coates, here are natural surrounds to deeply inspire. If peace and privacy are the modern day luxuries, the barn has these relaxing qualities by the champagne bucket load. Your booking ensures the property is exclusively yours during your stay. The double storey spacious stone barn is surrounded by a fragrant, rambling country garden. Two spacious loft rooms each sleep up to three being fitted with a queen and a single. Maximum six guests. The lounge features several banquettes of couches, large screen television, a fireplace and a library. Stay cool with air conditioning. Entertain in the Mediterranean style garden under a blanket of stars sparkling in a velvety sky. The walls are hung with original art. Wake to golden light filled mornings and bird song. Generous breakfast provisions sourced from local and seasonal ingredients include jersey milk, organic eggs, bakery bread and smoked bacon. No wonder guests find it hard to leave and send us their friends. The Barn is ideal for romance, time out, families and get togethers. ...

A Barn in the Barossa offers unique self contained barn accommodation on the edge of the Barossa Valley. The former home and painting studio of owner and floral artist Jacqueline Coates, here are natural surrounds to deeply inspire. If peace and privacy are the modern day luxuries, the barn has these relaxing qualities by the champagne bucket load. Your booking ensures the property is exclusively yours during your stay. The double storey spacious stone barn is surrounded by a fragrant, rambling country garden. Two spacious loft rooms each sleep up to three being fitted with a queen and a single. Maximum six guests. The lounge features several banquettes of couches, large screen television, a fireplace and a library. Stay cool with air conditioning. Entertain in the Mediterranean style garden under a blanket of stars sparkling in a velvety sky. The walls are hung with original art. Wake to golden light filled mornings and bird song. Generous breakfast provisions sourced from local and seasonal ingredients include jersey milk, organic eggs, bakery bread and smoked bacon. No wonder guests find it hard to leave and send us their friends. The Barn is ideal for romance, time out, families and get togethers. ...

A Barn in the Barossa offers unique self contained barn accommodation on the edge of the Barossa Valley. The former home and painting studio of owner and floral artist Jacqueline Coates, here are natural surrounds to deeply inspire. If peace and privacy are the modern day luxuries, the barn has these relaxing qualities by the champagne bucket load. Your booking ensures the property is exclusively yours during your stay. The double storey spacious stone barn is surrounded by a fragrant, rambling country garden. Two spacious loft rooms each sleep up to three being fitted with a queen and a single. Maximum six guests. The lounge features several banquettes of couches, large screen television, a fireplace and a library. Stay cool with air conditioning. Entertain in the Mediterranean style garden under a blanket of stars sparkling in a velvety sky. The walls are hung with original art. Wake to golden light filled mornings and bird song. Generous breakfast provisions sourced from local and seasonal ingredients include jersey milk, organic eggs, bakery bread and smoked bacon. No wonder guests find it hard to leave and send us their friends. The Barn is ideal for romance, time out, families and get togethers. ...

Welcome to Salon Rouge Gallery, the creative destination on the rim of the Barossa Valley. The gallery features regional and visiting interstate artists. Its home to renowned floral artist Jacqueline Coates' painting studio. There is always art in progress and a warm welcome by Jacqueline or other artists. Learn about the art from an artist. Salon Rouge Gallery, formerly a mechanic workshop is now a gorgeous gallery space with the traditional white cube room, and a deep cerise showing space hung with decadent chandeliers. View Jacqueline's floral artworks, the abstract paintings of Nik de Masi, the engaging sculptures from recycled metal by Roland Weight, mosaics by Heather Gordon and Ilona Glastonbury's contemporary pieces from preloved Barossa materials. Book in for a painting workshop; landscape, still life, or florals in oils or acrylic. Jacqueline offers lay-by, commissions and arranging your work to be packed and sent safely to all destinations. ...

The Kapunda Mine Trail is an easy walk of one and a half kilometres and takes about one hour to complete. Interpretive signs explain how the ore was once mined and treated. Kapunda Mine was the first successful commercial metal mine in Australia and together with Burra contributed to the colony's recovery from economic crisis in the early 1840s. A group of miners known as a pare would tender for an area of the exposed ore body and were paid according to the value of ore extracted. The company exercised practically no supervision over the operations and the result was a series of burrows without system or method. Owing to the softness of the white ground, most mining was carried out by pick and shovel without the use of gunpowder. Ore was separated in sorting sheds by hand picking into high grade (prill) and low grade (attle) material....

The name Kapunda is believed to have been taken from "Cappie Oonda", an Aboriginal phrase for "water jump out" - probably a spring. The town became the first established mining town in South Australia soon after Captain C.H Bagot discovered copper in 1842. Mining began in 1844 and continued until 1879 when world copper prices fell. Although copper was mined for only a brief period, revenue from its sales saved South Australia from bankruptcy. When the railway was established in 1860, Kapunda became the rural centre for the mid-north of the state. Kapunda has produced many of South Australia's most significant men. Since 1857 and over the following hundred years, 31 of the state's Members of Parliament were either born in Kapunda or had lived in the town at some stage during their lifetime. Four of these men became Premiers of South Australia whilst two went on to become Premiers in Western Australia and Tasmania. Sir Sidney Kidman came to Kapunda in 1870 and became one of Australia's largest landowners. His horse sales at Kapunda were the largest in the world and lived in Kapunda; he became a generous benefactor in the town. His home in Kapunda was called "Eringa" and when he left to live in Adelaide he donated the house to the Education Department. The residence is now the Kapunda High School. Amongst the several well-known pastoralists who lived in the area, the name Dutton stands out. The Dutton family features strongly in the history of the region. During the 1800's, Frederick Dutton was also one of the town's main benefactors and his financial support sustained Dutton Park, the Kapunda Hospital, the Institute, the Show Society and any clubs and groups which would have ceased but for his timely intervention. In 1839 in the area known as "Anlaby", a pastoral station was established and continued to be part of the Dutton family estates until the late 1900's. Today, Kapunda is developing both residentially and industrially, but there still remains that relaxed country atmosphere which is enjoyed by residents and visitors alike. ...

The 10 kilometre 'Kapunda Heritage Trail' meanders past the town's historic, buildings, churches and remnants of previous lifestyles. Feel the rich history and character that shaped Kapunda, Australia's oldest commercial copper mining town (1844) and home of Sir Sidney Kidman 'The Cattle King'. Stop at the historic mine site and follow the walking trail past the Steel Horse Statue, Whim, Open Cut Mine and Chimney. The town flourished during the boom period between the 1840s - 1870s, which developed strong and independent businesses and manufacturing. Visit the Museum (renowned as one of Australia's finest folk museums). Open everyday from 1pm to 4pm Kapunda is a friendly country ideally situated between the Clare and Barossa Valleys. The town exudes a pleasant appeal, which, in part, emanates from the ornate, well-preserved, main precinct buildings, which continue to serve the community after more than a century and a half. Have lunch at one of the historic hotels, bakeries or cafe's. Local accommodation and most community services are available also. Kapunda is an RV friendly town. Pick up a Heritage Trail map from the Kapunda Visitor Information Centre situated in the Main Street and on the corner of Hill Street....

The Kapunda Museum recognised as one of the finest folk museums in Australia was built in 1866. The museum contains a huge collection covering every facet of Kapunda's history and there is an extensive display of agricultural machinery and historic vehicles. The Hawke Gallery features engineering and foundry products from the industries 123 year history and commemorates the company founded in 1857 by former smuggler, Henry Binney Hawke. A massive Hawke cross-compound steam engine can be seen. Bagot's Fortune is an interpretative display covering all aspects of the early mining and pioneer lifestyle of the miners. Under the management of Captain Charles Hervey Bagot, the Kapunda Mine was developed from the wilderness to produce the richest and purest copper ore the world had seen. An audio visual presentation introduces Kapunda's history to the visitor. Group tours, self guided town tours and mine walking trail tours are available....