Mildura to Burra

Thursday 19 April – Mildura to Burra

A pretty easy trip across to the SA border. We knew there were quarantine restrictions crossing the border, so I didn’t buy any fruit when I went shopping yesterday to replenish all my vegetables. Being on the ball we ate our last mandarins just before the border. What we didn’t know was there was a manned quarantine station and it wasn’t just fruit that was restricted. I had to hand over my just bought potatoes, pumpkin, sweet potato, lettuce, onions, tomatoes etc, etc. Oh well!

We continued on down the A32 towards Adelaide when our turn off to Burra appeared. This was it, the real beginning of our adventure. We had never travelled on this road before or any road from now until July. Woo Hoo

We turned off the highway that was travelling through pretty barren country to a delightful little oasis that is the town of Burra. Set amongst rolling hills it is a heritage village from the 1800s when copper and then gold mining was the way of life. Beautiful old stone buildings are everywhere as well as the miner’s barracks and cottages. There are the remains of the open cut mines and all the old mine buildings scattered around town. Brian was in his element taking pictures everywhere you could look.

We are in a little caravan park – the only one in town – and it is very popular. Even the non powered sites are full of caravans. No wonder at $20 per night! They were actually turning people away later in the afternoon. I’m very glad we booked our spot yesterday.