Pipe Dreaming (H)
HAHNDORF, SA – Emil Buring, a dentist from Adelaide, started collecting pipes back in the 1930s. A different type of nicotine addiction, the habit grew quickly into a career. Emil became hooked on hookahs, amassing up to 700 specimens, from corncobs to crab-claw pipes.
A fraction of the frenzy appears in the Hahndorf Academy, an excellent glimpse of the town’s German origins. But the pipes attempt to steal the show. The showcases sprawl into the second room. [68 Main Street. Open daily 10-5, or 12-5 Sundays. Phone 08-8388-7250.]