The People

At 16 Melissa Whyte nearly died in a car crash. Twenty-four years on, she’s facing a different fight for life, but her unshakable faith that God will carry her through remains stronger than ever.

Barossa's World Class Champion How many of us get to live out our dreams? I mean to have the satisfaction of doing what we enjoy most in this world as a living. When asked as a...

WORDS BY HEIDI HELBIG PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOHN KRÜGER   Asher Rohde’s holistic approach to teaching is getting results, inside the classroom and out.   Walking among a throng of Nuriootpa High School students as the siren sounds, fresh-faced Asher Rohde might...

It’s early in the morning when Craig “Funky” Doecke pulls his immaculately presented truck, aptly named “The Beauty”, out of his Angaston driveway, the throaty rev of the diesel engine swelling over birdsong in the muted tones of first light.

  A dozen eggs, a handful of zucchini or a sprig of fresh herbs placed with care on Ruby Stobart’s doorstep is a small window into the love-filled enterprise filling stomachs and hearts around the...

Anthea Piszczuk has been creating for as long as her memory allows. It was not unusual to find her alone, growing up on a large farm in the Murray Mallee with siblings who were considerably older.

In 1917, an advertisement was printed in the Barossa News asking for contributions to a Barossa community cookbook.

For most Barossa families, a trip to the park is one of the easiest weekend outings to execute. Whilst catching up at our picnic bench though, Seppeltsfield resident, Abbey Underwood, sees past the sunshine and scenery of the area and towards the difficulties of accessing the space for those with a disability.

Cutting a striking figure in the boardroom of her cellar door, it’s hard to imagine just a few hours earlier Prue Henschke was knee-deep in the vineyard, the place where she is happiest.

Given his time over, Jamie Nietschke probably wouldn’t co-locate a dairy and a vineyard on the variable soils of the Moppa, but he’s not complaining – in fact, he’s counting his blessings.