Leaving the Murray which makes a right angle turn south towards the sea we headed north to Burra which is about 90ks. The countryside changes from the flat plains covered in small saltbush plants to gradually undulating countryside to gently rolling hills. The thing we noticed was the lack of trees and we weren’t sure whether it was due to clearing or it was natural. The poor animals have no very little shade.
Burra is a very old town where mining for copper took place in the early days. We visited a few relics of the mine and it was interesting to see how they extracted the copper without all of the technology that we use.
We were impressed by all the old stone buildings, churches, houses, in fact most of the buildings in the town were old.
Although the town is only small, there are lots of antique and collectable shops and we enjoyed a coffee where they had an amazing collection of jugs – some in the shape of a toaster!! Old books and lots of other treasure were displayed and tables made out of old sewing machines added to the atmosphere. Sometimes I wish I was a collector!!
We camped at the local showground for $10 per night which included power and hot showers. Bargain!! It overlooked the town and it was very relaxing so I spent Sunday reading, catching up on blog and just doing nothing. Brian spent his time installing a new water pump as our old one sprang a leak. It was quite hard to get it on but of course Brian had fun “fixing things”
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