John Harms now lives in the Barossa. He once wrote about footy there. (First published in The Age, July, 2009)
Almanac (Bush) Footy: The Mighty (Tanunda) Magpies
Filed Under: Country footy, General Footy Writing, Harms, Local Footy Tagged With: Barossa Valley, Carl Lindner, Robert O'Callaghan, Tanunda FC, Tanunda Magpies
Almanac Wine and Footy: Rockford, Tanunda and how to cope with winter
Smokie and Marg have been in the Barossa where they visited Rockford just outside Tanunda. As Smokie noted, this is one of John Harms’s favourite places on the planet. Here’s a story about Robert O’Callaghan and Rockford from 2009. [I love this place – JTH]
Filed Under: Almanac Wine, Country footy, General Footy Writing, Harms, Local Footy, Not Just Sport Tagged With: Barossa Valley, Bubbles Obst, Carl Lindner, Central Districts FC, Centrals FC, Ken Eustice, Ray Giersch, Robert O'Callaghan, Rockford Winery, Rockford Wines, Smokie Dawson, The Mallee, Willaston FC
Friday night footy in the Barossa
Wednesday last week. State of Origin decider day. Magnificently wild winter weather in the Barossa. Yesterday it was hail and sideways rain whipping across the Valley. Today, a bit of everything, but the sky is cold. Some vineyards are neatly pruned, ready for the Spring. Some are not, tendrils still waving in the wind like […]
Filed Under: Harms, WC v GEEL (16/2011) Tagged With: Barossa Valley, Geelong, Robert O'Callaghan, Rockford, Tanunda Pines Golf Club, West Coast Eagles











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