This day proceeds much as any other rest day. Laundry, rest, coffee, look around town.
Burra seems to have gone in the direction of places like Mittagong in NSW - accessible from Adelaide and developed craft shops, antique shops and so on. So its quite interesting to wander around.
Burra's origins are mining and there are Cornish and Welsh remnants in town. One of thye striking things is that there are a number of rows of miner's residences (see picture). It appears that these have been turned into motel units for visitors. The buildings are stone and many are in excellent condition. I picture of the Visitor Centre building is attached.
Being Sunday, and given that we were staying in the Burra Uniting Church hall, we went to their 11am service. A great deal more songs than I am accustomed to, but an enjoyable service in a lovely old church. The service was run by the minister's wife. Thge minister took Roger and Edna with him to a far flung church where the three of them doubled the congregation.
A highlight of the visit was that the local church not only provided us wit6h dinner on Saturday evening, but also provided a lavish lunch on Sunday. (Then we had to front up to the Burra pub for dinner!)
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