Springton Travel Guide
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The small historic hamlet of Springton is located 63km from
Adelaide on the north-east edge of the Mount Lofty Ranges and the south-east edge of the
Barossa Valley. Originally known as Black Springs, Springton is famous for its intact German/Scottish cultural heritage and the Herbig Tree. The gnarled old river red gum, estimated to be around 500 years old, is characteristic of its kind with the base split wide open.
In 1855 German pioneer settler Friedrich Herbig, a tailor turned farmer, travelled to the Barossa where he leased 80 acres from George Angas. Desperately poor, he made his home in the burnt out hollow. In 1858 he took his bride Caroline to live there and the first two of their sixteen children were born in this primitive tree home. In 1860 Herbig and his family moved out of the tree to a two room pine and pug hut he built about 400 metres away. By 1864 the family was living in a stone cottage.
A good view of the Springton district can be had from the top of the hill on the main road just south of Springton. Further east where the rainfall is considerably less, the hills are bare and lined with kilometres of meticulously constructed stone walling. To the north of Springton you can see the valley of the South Rhine, the name of which was changed during World War I to Marne. The Springton area supports mixed farming (dairying, beef cattle, sheep, goats) and viticulture.
Climate
Mediterranean
Summer
13 – 29°C
Winter
6 – 16°C
Rainfall
430mm/year (wettest months May - August)