Sonia and Evan in Victoria Park, Moonta, named by Georgina James after Queen Victoria

Eucalypt tree planted by Thomas James when he was mayor of Moonta in 1887 in Victoria Park, Moonta

Some handy work carving from a pine stump in Victoria Park, Moonta

Cousin Evan and Sonia at Tourist Info Centre, Moonta

Yours truly at the Moonta Bay Jetty swimming enclosure, handsome devil

Moonta and Moonta Bay

Dec 29–Jan 5, 2024 in Australia

Spent a week at Moonta Bay, usually take Evan away this time of the year so thought we would go somewhere different. My Great grandfather Thomas James, migrated to Moonta from Wales in the 1870's as a doctor, amongst all the Cornish miners. We followed the story in the School of Mines museum and Victoria Park in Moonta.Read more