One of the great joys of walking through downtown Tanunda used to be seeing Norm Keast’s ute (photos below) parked along the street — overflowing with dogs that looked like Aussie shepherds. We always felt kind of bad for ol’ Norm because the sign painted on the side of his vehicle said “Coolies.” We thought he’d wasted good money on signage only to have the sign maker misspell “collies.” Shows how little we know, because it turns out there really is a breed of dogs known as coolies. They’re a working breed that pre-dates Border Collies. They originated right here in the Barossa Valley and Norm is one of the breed’s biggest proponents. Norm reluctantly ended his locally-famous coolie show and retired at age 90 … Continue reading Angaston, South Australia: All sheep, no sheep dogs