We called Moonta home for the next two days, there is an RV Friendly Rec Reserve with a donation fee. Best part it is an easy walk to all three pubs.
Moonta was yet another copper town and when copper was found in 1860 this led to the establishment of the Moonta Mining Company and the mine soon became one of the richest copper mines in Australia. The district became known as "Australia's Little Cornwell" due to the nationality of the immigrants either coming directly from Cornwell or via the earlier mining areas of the state.
The mine closed in 1923 and led to a rapid decline in the population, but Moonta survived as an agricultural and service centre and since the 1970's it has had further support by the growing tourism industry.
Thursday came and so did Johns 62nd Birthday, after a cooked breakfast we hit the road for the coast and checked out Moonta Bay and had coffee at Port Hughes and like John put on Facebook "It's a hard life, enjoying a coffee and looking out at this"
For lunch it had been recommended that we go to the Cornish Bakery, so we did. Nice place and not over priced, we both ordered Cornish Pasties with Relish. John was eye off the cakes and slices, but after the pasties there was no room for desserts.
To walk off some of the food we did another self guided tour and found a second hand shop with everything from A to Z in it. We walked back to the the van and picked up the car and went out to the old Moonta mine site for a couple of hours.
We finished the day off with tea at the Royal Hotel, delicious feed, a couple of beers, a couple of bottles of wine and a chat to the locals which got a little heated when the group disagreed on the best way to get to Adelaide.
Moonta was yet another copper town and when copper was found in 1860 this led to the establishment of the Moonta Mining Company and the mine soon became one of the richest copper mines in Australia. The district became known as "Australia's Little Cornwell" due to the nationality of the immigrants either coming directly from Cornwell or via the earlier mining areas of the state.
The mine closed in 1923 and led to a rapid decline in the population, but Moonta survived as an agricultural and service centre and since the 1970's it has had further support by the growing tourism industry.
Thursday came and so did Johns 62nd Birthday, after a cooked breakfast we hit the road for the coast and checked out Moonta Bay and had coffee at Port Hughes and like John put on Facebook "It's a hard life, enjoying a coffee and looking out at this"
For lunch it had been recommended that we go to the Cornish Bakery, so we did. Nice place and not over priced, we both ordered Cornish Pasties with Relish. John was eye off the cakes and slices, but after the pasties there was no room for desserts.
To walk off some of the food we did another self guided tour and found a second hand shop with everything from A to Z in it. We walked back to the the van and picked up the car and went out to the old Moonta mine site for a couple of hours.
We finished the day off with tea at the Royal Hotel, delicious feed, a couple of beers, a couple of bottles of wine and a chat to the locals which got a little heated when the group disagreed on the best way to get to Adelaide.
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