Australia Copper Coast

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  • Day 18

    Moonta Bay, SA

    April 5, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

    Moonta Bay is located in the Copper Coast region of the Northern Yorke Peninsula, adjacent to the historic town of Moonta and Port Hughes. Monte Bay is known for bringing us the best Cornish Pasties and the bakery lives up to that expectation.

    It is also know for the beautiful copper sunsets and as you can see from the photo's they are amazing.

    The heritage town of Moonta with loads of copper mining history has a great little train ride through the old Moonta Township and will worth the tour.
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  • Day 258

    Moonta Mines Church

    February 26 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 30 °C

    Call in to check out this church that used to get over 1000 attendees each Sunday - thanks to the policy that if the miners didn't attend church - they didn't have a job.
    Once we've finished looking here, we drive back to Moonta to do some grocery shopping - we're in charge of providing tea tonight.Read more

  • Day 258

    Moonta Railway

    February 26 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 30 °C

    Get tickets $12 each adult for the 2pm train ride tour, then quickly go back into Moonta to have some lunch beforehand. We go to the Cornish Bakery and have Cornish Pasties with cold drinks - very good!.
    Now drive back to Moonta Mines for this tour. Very informative tour - pre recorded explanations and facts come through speakers into the carriages as we travel along.
    After the tour is finished, we drive about in our ute to check out some of the old sites mentioned.
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  • Day 258

    Moonta Mines Museum

    February 26 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C

    Come back here again as we're now ready and got the time to enjoy the self guided tour through the museum. It is an interesting look into historic copper mining and the Cornish heritage we gained with the immigration of Cornish skilled miners. Lots of other interesting displays as well.Read more

  • Day 258

    Moonta Cemetery

    February 26 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C

    Denise mentioned this is a worthwhile trip to get an idea of the hardships faced in Moonta's past. Over 600 children buried in unmarked graves from epidemics caused by the lack of clean water supply and torrid living conditions of the early 1900's. Quite confronting to see - heartbreaking....
    There is no doubt, visiting cemeteries, and reading the headstones gives you insights to lifestyles. and a reminder to live life to your fullest.
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  • Day 258–260

    David & Bernice's Moonta

    February 25 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

    As David and Bernice explained to us when they came and met us at the Visitor Centre - they'll be at an appointment (David - re: doctor for tests) and may not be home for a little while - but have encouraged us to come here when we're ready - so we settle in their back yard while they're away. What a lovely place they have - built here about 2 to 3 years ago - have it looking so lovely and established you'd think they'd been here longer than that.
    They arrive home shortly after we have settled and happily give us the tour of their home and yard. We spend the rest of the day enjoying a lovely relax and catch up with David and Bernice. Neighbours (from about 500m away), Sandy and ??? stop by to say hello and have a drink before heading back to their own place. We then enjoy time in the backyard spa, before having a lamb roast with roast vegetables and gravy (boy Rog and I continue to be spoilt). David and Bernice have to have an early start in the morning (more appointments for David) so we call it a night at around 10pm.
    Back to our caravan, Rog has a quick shower, I'm writing this up, then bedtime.
    26/02/25 Wednesday. Stacy's RN Graduation today in Warrnambool - we've sent flowers and our best wishes - here's to wishing her a wonderful day as she deserves. I get up around 7.30am, have breakfast with Rog. Then decide to go for a walk - head to Moonta Bay Jetty - very nice. Roger stays and washes the ute etc. I get back and have a shower, Roger relaxing waiting for me to be ready to go for a drive to look about. Head off mid morning.
    Return here 4pm. David and Bernice home from David's MRI (Adelaide) - David now has an afternoon appt 5pm with his local doctor for a 'stress test'. Bernice stays here while David goes off to do this, she has phonecalls etc she wants to make. Roger and I have another lovely relax in the spa bath (it is so good), before getting out to get tea ready. Our turn tonight - Roger's cooking chicken kievs and airfryer chips - while I make up a tossed garden salad. David arrives back - and we all enjoy this meal together. We follow with Drumstick icecreams we purchased. After tea tidy up, Denise and David teach us a card game they've been playing lately 'Five Crowns' - good fun, I'll definitely be buying this card game! We finish this game (13 hands) and decide we'll call it a night. Back in our caravan 10pm for Rog to have his shower, and I'm writing this up before bedtime.
    27/02/25 Thursday. We get up to have our breakfast. Great to look out our caravan window and see David and Bernice enjoying a morning spa together while enjoying a cuppa. We go and sit out in their outdoor entertaining area to chat with them while we eat our breakfast. Once they've had their 20 minute spa they come and join us with their own breakfast. After we've all eaten, we decide to have a walk together before Rog and I get organised to leave. We walk to the Jetty and back - fantastic morning for it and includes some beach combing on the way (looking for sea glass for Bernice). Once we return I go have a shower ( in house - so lovely) and Roger gets the caravan tidied and ready to roll. We then have a cuppa with David and Bernice before going. Sad to leave - we've had a wonderful stay with lovely people at their beautiful home.
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  • Day 257

    Moonta Mines

    February 25 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

    A main tourist spot to explore. This is our lunch spot today, Roger has packed sandwiches (cheese and vegemite) and fruit for us to have. Find a shady spot, with a nice breeze and enjoy. We look at the railway (miniature train) station and go to the nearby lolly shop. We decide we don't feel up to the Museum today - need to allow a good few hours - but we're keen to go settle ourselves at David and Bernice's - and park up our caravan so that's what we head off to do.Read more

  • Day 257

    Moonta

    February 25 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

    First stop here is to go to the Visitor Centre to find out what we should aim to check out while here. As we're answering the staff question as to where we're staying in Moonta - the lovely folk who are having us visit at their place, arrive at the centre to welcome us and ensure we have directions to their place.
    Can tell we're in for another beaut visit with terrific people by such a wonderful greeting! David and Bernice Rook call in to make sure we're right to find our way to their place - after we have a quick tour about Moonta. They head off to an appointment they have, and we go for a drive to quickly have a look about.
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  • Day 13

    Moonta Bay

    May 8, 2024 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 17 °C

    Slept in then went for a long beach walk- weather was gorgeous. Even saw a black lab puppy😓😓.Back to van and rode into Moonta for a typical Cornish pastie- 2/3rds meat veg and last 1/3 apple pie. Omg it was devine and so filling. Was exactly what they fed the miners back in the 1900’s. Rode to the mine railway station where we got the train through the ruins of the old mines and surrounding old town. Was pretty interesting hearing everything. Mine closed in 1923. Rode home then relaxed watching our last sunset here. Walked to cafe near the pier for dinner. Fun day ( photo of the bricks shows the green copper still visible in the ruins of the mines)Read more

  • Day 12

    Moonta Bay

    May 7, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

    Sat outside for breaky as so warm and view amazing. Rode into Moonta town looked at George st shops and Queens garden all so pretty. Lunch at a Cornish bakery. Back in late 1800-early 1900’s Cornish people came to Moonta to help locals mine for Copper so that’s where Cornish pastie comes from as well as a lot of different music religion and different cultures. Rode out to the mine museum was pretty interesting then back home. Had a quick swim but water very shallow and bit nervous of sharks. Had a drink at local bar watching the sunset. Walked back and then got stuck talking to our painful neighbours 😩 thankfully weather turned and had to go inside. Bbq and a movie !Read more

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