Historic Anlaby estate dating from 1840, the former home of the wealthy Dutton pastoral family, is up for sale. Who knows if public access will be available in the future. So we have arranged a lunch in the old Anlaby stables and a tour of the interior of the house with the current owners (included in fee). Before we reach Anlaby for lunch we will explore two early German Lutheran settlements - Freeling and picturesque Nain. We will also look at old buildings in Daveyston which has close connections with Nain. We return via Kapunda with some free time here. Extensive history notes provided. Depart WEA Centre 9 am sharp. Returning about 5:35 pm.

Your Tutor is Dr Denis Binnion AM

Dr Denis Binnion AM has been teaching at WEA since 1974.

Denis became involved in adult education in the 1970s teaching evening classes in history for the University of Adelaide and the South Australian Institute of Technology. He joined the WEA in 1979 as a course programmer in language and liberal studies, and served as its Chief Executive Officer for 20 years.

As CEO, Denis established WEA Travel, a licensed travel agency that has been conducting Australian and overseas study tours since 1984. He has personally led dozens of group tours with up to 40 participants at a time to India, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Canada, Peru, Argentina, Chile and New Zealand.

Denis has spent more than 40 years developing study tours and writing history notes for historical and geographical tours within South Australia, other states of Australia and places around the world including parts of Asia, South America and New Zealand. In his retirement he continues to lead WEA overseas study tours and runs regular one day and weekend historical tours of rural areas in South Australia.