The Barossa Scenic Drives Day
Lookouts, ranges and back roads beyond the cellar door
Wine made the Barossa famous, but its landscape is the quiet star — and the best way to read it is from the road. This loop strings together the valley's great scenic drives, climbing the eastern ranges for big views and dipping into the quieter back-country before circling home.
The plan
Begin on the Barossa Valley Way, the vine-lined spine of the region, to get your bearings. Then climb Mengler Hill Road over the eastern ranges to the celebrated lookout and sculpture trail, where the whole patchwork valley opens below. Drop into the cool Eden Valley high country for a different landscape entirely, loop past the Hill of Grace vineyard and its lonely church, then descend toward Williamstown and the green reservoir country at the valley's southern edge. Break the drive with a long lunch and let the views do the rest.
Day 1
6 stops-
1
Barossa Valley Way
TanundaStart here to get your bearings — the vine-lined spine of the whole region.
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Mengler Hill Road
TanundaClimb the eastern ranges to the lookout and sculpture trail for the valley’s best panorama.
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Mengler Hill Lookout
TanundaPull over for the classic Barossa view and a wander among the sculptures.
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Eden Valley Township
Eden ValleyCross into the cool, windswept high country for a complete change of landscape.
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Hill of Grace Vineyard
Eden ValleyStop at the roadside view of the ancient vines and the little Gnadenberg church.
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Williamstown
WilliamstownWind down through the green reservoir country at the valley’s southern gateway.
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Image credits
- (AUS-South Australia) Mengler Hill Lookout 2025-12-13.jpg by S5A-0043 , CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons