A Weekend in Burra

                           

Burra is a historic tourist town in the mid north of South Australia.  It lies east of the Clare Valley in the Bald Hills, part of the northern Mount Lofty Ranges.

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A weekend away wouldn't be complete without a few "rusty" photos.

On our way to Burra we passed through Clare, a wine growing area in South Australia.

We stayed in Burra at the Paxton Square cottages which were once the Miners Cottages and have now been renovated with everything we wanted for a nice weekend, including air conditioning, two doonas just in case one was not enough, a kitchen with everything we needed and a modern bathroom and a comfortable lounge room - perfect! 

We were invited to a lovely home and garden which was wonderful.

A Walk in The Park

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The weather was much better today so we put on our parkas and had a nice walk around a local park, not far from home, and one we haven't really spent any time walking around as it is adjacent to the main road  which we drive on to get to the large shopping complex a few kilometres from our house. We usually just pass it on our way to or from the shops.  We have only been to this large shopping centre a few times since our self isolating so thought we would stop and have a good look at what the park is like other than from the driver's seat in the car.

It was good to see that our local Council is replanting some new shrubs and trees as some of the older ones have either died or become a bit straggly,

The lovely golden wattle was in flower and there were quite a few different types.  Some have a weeping style and bushy, some are small trees.

For some of the walk we were on a bitumen track which was divided for cycling and walking on the left.  

There weren't many other flowers in the park as it is winter but I did find a few pretty flowers.  This one above had the flowers all facing downwards so I had to get the camera underneath to get this view.

I am glad we weren't on the track when this huge tree came down!  It looked as though it had been growing in the creek bed and probably came down in the last storm.

The park has a lot of huge gum trees, so there will probably be more coming down if we have another storm.  The local Council workers keep an eye on the trees and have cut a lot of dangerous branches off many of the trees so hopefully it will be safe for us.

It was good to get out in the fresh air, and to discover another nice park with a creek and some flowers.  We will have to come back again in Spring and see what flowers are open then.

Weekend Reflections

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My Sunday Selections

My theme this week is a selection of photos from a small town and surrounding countryside in the Adelaide hills,  not far from home.  

A Sunday Drive to Mt Pleasant 

Mount Pleasant is situated 55 kms north-east of Adelaide, a part of The Barossa Council area.

There are some lovely old homes in Mt Pleasant, and this one (above) is the old Police Station I think, as it has the letters ER above the entrance door, but I have not been able to confirm this.

The Hotel/Motel I think has closed, probably due to the restrictions on dining and lack of tourists in the area, also winter time is very cold and people don't get out and about as much.  Hopefully things will improve soon.

We left the town and drove through some lovely rural scenery.

 

There were some lovely old dry stone walls, some have seen better days, but they are still beautiful.  My father used to tell me that he would never walk anywhere on our family farm without picking up a stone or two to add to the pile ready for building a dry stone wall.

Punthari Church built in 1939 and converted in recent years to a residence.

Old shearing shed.

I love the old stone buildings in this area.

Of course I couldn't resist posting a photo of some rusty vehicles.