Michael Gorey

We had a look around Moonta today. Some of the buildings date back to the 1840s.

Apparently Moonta was briefly the biggest town in South Australia while copper mining was in full swing. Many of the early settlers were Cornish.

The jetty was built in 1868 to encourage people to settle and purchase building blocks where the township had been surveyed.

The water is very shallow and I don’t imagine large vessels were ever able to access the port.

I like the mix of grey color tones in this photo I took today.

These articles might be of interest:

• New home at Moonta Bay
• Home owners again
• The Blue Lake is now blue again