Having heard so much about Hahndorf, we made use of a free Autumn weekend, got in the car and headed for the hills of Adelaide. A reasonable crowd heralded the town’s popularity and the colours, smells and quaint heritage buildings promised varied recreation.
Our first stop was the Hahndorf Academy, established 1857 and now housing a museum with early artifacts, a shop selling handmade goods and an art gallery featuring works of Hans Heysen and various Aboriginal artists. Fabulous designs, textures and patterns.
It wasn’t long before we found our favourite diversion, an antique/curio shop, down a wide lane,
before the famous fudge shop, of which people had told me.
Which set us thinking about lunch. We ate at Otto’s Bakery, famous for it’s vanilla slice, but there was no shortage of options, indoors or out, and plenty of traditional German fare.
The Alec Johnston park, with a large playground and grassed area, is central, if you have children who need to burn off some energy.
Then it will be back to bric-a-brac at Grass Roots
Sidewalk sales
soap or honey
sacraments at St Paul’s Lutheran
a smidgen of history/folklore
follow a chair fetish?
appreciate Autumn
admire old architecture
and make time to visit a winery
We spent 4 hours in Hahndorf and it went very fast. If you are coming to Adelaide, be sure to put it on your itinerary. You might even stop at Lofty National Park on the way.
Safe Travels.
Underdown 
I am curious to go to the places you cited! I’ve only been to Grass Roots as we only had a half day to explore. This is definitely one in my to go back to list
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This is interesting, so now I checked for the original Hahndorf which is a part of the very historical, old and nice city Goslar in Germany, under the following link how it looks like here in Europe for a comparison
https://www.hahndorf-goslar.de/
Well, looking a bit different to be honest.
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Does it ever! Perhaps that’s where the first settlers, here, were from. The countryside looks similar, but I don’t see the quaint village streets in the link. Thank you for taking the time to comment and provide the link.
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