Lauke's Old Flour Mill

The Barossa Valley is known for wine, wine and more wine. Jacobs Creek is in the Barossa - and I think most wine drinkers the world over will have heard of Jacobs Creek.

Ok, so the story is that the Rower and I were hell bent on going to a Open Garden at Tanunda in the Barossa. It's about a 90 minute drive, and it was a bummer.

But, the day got better almost as soon as we left. We headed on to our favourite Barossa town, Angaston. It's a pretty little town, right at the top end of the Barossa. Brilliant place for afternoon tea - or iced coffee and apple strudel. I mean, what else could it be in a German heritage town, other than apple strudel!!

As anyone who has been there would know - blip ops by the dozen. But right at the back of the place where we had afternoon tea, we found this gorgeous old building. I'm not a B & W person, but this is really the only way to show it.

The personal connection is that I only ever use Lauke's organic, stone ground whole wheat flour for my bread-making.

See even more dereliction .

Old Flour Mill 1885

The Angaston Flour Mill is remarkable. It is probably the only roller mill of its period in working order in South Australia (I don't know when this was written, but I doubt it's in working order now). It was built by one Edwin Davey as the Eureka Roller Mills with money he made on the Victorian Goldfield. Frederick Lauke bought it in 1933 and his family worked it until it closed in 1976. The construction is a excellent example of early flour mill architecture. Note the timber and iron veranda supported by unsawn eucalypt trunks. Apparently all the milling equipment is intact.