Expatriate Estonians in Australia, Film No. 9 (1995-1996)

A horsecar takes tourists from Victor Harbor to Granite Island. There is a compass on the island, showing distances for instance to the South Pole (3850 miles, 6195 km). The horsecar turns back. There is no car transportation to the island. Big vineyards surrounding Adelaide. The Barossa Valley is the most important wine production area in Australia, that was once founded by German settlers. Grapes in the container and on the transporter of the wine manor. Visiting Seppeltsfield, the oldest wine estates in Australia, established in 1851. Port wine barrels made of Australian blackwood in Seppeltsfield's wine cellar. Sales area with wines. Õie and Boris Allikivi are degustating wines. Glimpse to wine cellars. Sales area of Kaiser Stuhl wine industry. Every Friday, both the employees and the tourists can taste wines for free. Heino Lomp, long-term chairman of Adelaide Estonian Society, shows two prestigious medals received by the government. He characterizes Australians and compares them to the Brits, talks a little about the life of the native Australians. Mati Kangur who lived in the Northern Territory of Australia has more experience in communication with the native Australians. He describes their customs and beliefs. Valdek Kangur talks about the destiny of native Australians after the arrival of white men, he also dicsusses present situation when the locals try to remedy former injustice. He believes that Australians are people who want to live a comfortable life without hurrying. A retired teacher Mare Puksand works with a potter's wheel making a vase. She talks about teaching in elementary school and her current hobbies - ceramics and painting. The pieces exhibited in her home will go to the exhibition held in Estonian House. Harri Puksand has been an amateur radio operator for years. He is a former locksmith, has studied engineering at the university and also teached at the institute of technology. Now when retired, Harri practises his hobbies. He likes to programme and study the technical possibilities of computers. Amateur radio operations have become secondary at the moment. Visiting architect Eugen Sacharias-Saarelinn. The old man recalls his studies. He was a trainee at the best arhictect Eugen Habermann's office in Estonia. Eugen Sacharias founded his own architectural bureau, designed numerous buildings, but had to leave Estonia due to the war in 1941. He arrived at Australia in 1949 and after two years working in farms, he founded his own architecture and construction bureau in Adelaide. Mr Sacharias has practised classical painting and forged silverware. He introduces his works. He also discusses new trends in art and mentions that he is a determined royalist. Elfriede Strobel recalls her husband Kurt Strobel who was a musician in the first Estonian professional jazz orchestra Murphy Band. In 1949, they arrived at Australia where after doing some simple jobs they started to run a cafe. Ilmar Mägraken, manager of the Association of Estonian Societies in Australia, and secretary Eduard Selge talk about the magazine Virgats - its history, distribution and difficult aspects.