South Australia’s inspiration for my upcoming thriller novel, Spiral

Hahndorf. A quaint German town in South Australia. I escorted a group of journalists from Singapore and Malaysia during a Familiarization trip. It was arranged by the South Australian Tourism Commission.

Hahndorf is a pretty place to go for a holiday, especially if you like peace and quiet. From here, you can branch out to other tourist destinations.

I didn’t include this place in Spiral (instead I focused more on wine region Clare Valley, capital Adelaide, Kangaroo Island, and the Fleurieu Peninsula). But it was here in Hahndorf I saw a gang of bikers rumbling down the road before stopping at a restaurant, and it gave me some ideas for the story.

To escape religious persecution back home, Germans started arriving in South Australia in 1836.  Politics and religion aside, this is a wonderful place to retreat if you want to write a book or spend some time painting. No traffic… only chimes.


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