Pipes at the Willunga Farmers' Market

It has been another full day. It started out at the Willunga Farmers' Market which is a place we attend on the 2nd Saturday of each month to catch up with fellow-blipper and longtime friend Antipodia.

She always has her jewellery stall in the monthly Artisans' Market. Antipodia designs and creates wonderful silver pieces, real works of art. Today we shared lunch with her and her cousin from Germany after the market closed.

Not only was the Willunga Farmers' Market the first such market in this state, Willunga goes back in our state's history to 1839. Every Saturday morning from 8.00 am till around 1 pm, the renowned Farmers' Market comes to life.

Here, local producers sell fresh breads, pastries, nuts, cheeses, fruits, preserved meats, herbs, jams, fish, lamb, olives and many other delicious treats.

I spotted this busker playing an unusual instrument. The uilleann pipes are the characteristic national bagpipe of Ireland. More commonly known simply as Irish Bagpipes.

The bag of the uilleann pipes is inflated by means of a small set of bellows strapped around the waist and the arm. This guy had warm smiling eyes which I managed to capture when he glanced up at my camera. He was very good.

Smiling eyes.

Willunga is surrounded by 70 wineries in the McLaren Vale region and the emerging wineries in the Adelaide Hills and southern Fleurieu Peninsula. The town is only 12 minutes from the beach at Port Willunga and the coastline is an area we love to visit all year round.

After lunch our next stop was the Glen Lea Open Garden at Wistow, historic home of the Thring family for the last 100 years. There was a very interesting fountain and pond that appealed to me, but the bagpipes photo won out in the end.