Last February 8, during our camping, after we set up our tent and have our lunch in the campsite, we agreed to find the town proper of Burra Creek to look for general store to buy some of our needs especially more water supply and to fill up petrol. After that, we wonder around the market square and check with information center so we can ask what attractions to visit in Burra Creek. The lady was very helpful and kind enough to give us information and free attraction sites to visit. She gave us a map and mark the nearby look out and historic building like the St Marys Church stained glass window, she suggested other places to visit but they were closed during month of February because it's the holiday of working volunteers after the busy Christmas period they've worked. So we are not on a good timing to visit there. We just drive on a couple of attractions that afternoon and do our roadtrip on windmill farm
Burra Creek is well know to be a copper mine township. We've gathered that Burra Creek supplied 89% of South Australia and 5% of the world's copper. The copper mine was established in 1848 but the mining copper deposit was discovered in 1845, how amazing is that to know some historical background of the town but due to the reduce population the town was now a farming activities and just a preserve historical town.
Here's some photos we took along the way as we drive around.
Copper Mine site
Memorial statue of soldiers who died from the war
Sister and Lemon just having fun with the canyon
The roadtrip on windmill farm
an antique metal suitcase
4 comments:
the visitor center is in an interesting building
Looks like an interesting and fun town to visit. Nice that it is still functioning. Many of the old mining towns in the Western US were abandoned once the mine(s) closed.
I enjoyed your photos. They made me want to visit Australia again.
What a cool place! I love your photos and appreciate learning some if the town's history.
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