Day 42

Our pre retirement trial trip- day 42

The aim today was to get on our bikes to explore. Job done ✔️

It was a little chilly overnight with a low of 10 and we def didn’t want to get out of bed this morning - not sure how we are going to cope back in VIC 😳

We eventually jumped on the bikes and headed off to explore the Moonta Mines Museum, which is housed in the former mines school built in 1871 to educate the children of the Cornish miners.
Copper was discovered in Moonta in May 1861 and mining started later that year and it became one of the most profitable copper mines in the world. The mine closed in 1923, and the school closed in 1967.

From the museum a trail leads around the area to view what remains of the mining sites. On this trail we also visited the Moonta Mines post office which is now an old fashioned sweet shop🍭🍬- and yes we had to 😜

And on a by-note we have just learnt a good friends late aunt and uncle set up the mine museum and ran the post office and sweet shop 😳

Whilst having a ‘Cornish’ day it was only right that we head into town for ‘the Proper Oggie’ from Taste the Yorke. A 2/3 meat and veg and 1/3 apple pastry served with tomato sauce and cream- you just have to give it a go 😜

Later we headed to Moonta Bay to meander down the pier, only it was so windy that we were nearly blown off the end.
Made us very happy with our decision to stay at the free RV park in Moonta and not the caravan park on the water front 💨💨💨Читать далее