Moonta Attractions

Gallery On The Bay (Attraction)
38 Marine Parade, Moonta Bay, South Australia 5558, Australia

Gallery on the Bay features paintings by local artist Peter Ruch. These include watercolours, pastels and charcoal drawings of local scenes and portraits. Paintings are for sale and commissions are welcome. Come and visit us. No pressure to purchase - just enjoy the artwork, meet the artist and see works in progress. ...

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Local And Family History Resource Centre (Attraction)
Ellen Street, Moonta, South Australia 5558, Australia

Located in Ellen Street, walking distance from the Moonta shopping precinct in the School of Mines, the Resource Centre houses a comprehensive collection of local and family history resource documents including local and State newspapers on microfilm. There is a large display of lifestyle memorabilia and changing exhibits including 50 years of the National Trust South Australia Celebration. Local ...

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Miners Cottage And Garden (Attraction)
Verco Street, Moonta Mines, South Australia 5558, Australia

The National Trust Miners Cottage is a typical Cornish cottage built about 1870 and furnished in the pre-1900 period. Built of wattle and daub, mud bricks, clay and limestone and given a coat of plaster and whitewashed, many of these cottages were to be found throughout the mine residential area. The floors were frequently made from packing cases and the internal walls of hessian were covered w ...

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Moonta Golf Club (Attraction)
Milne Terrace, Moonta, South Australia 5558, Australia

The Moonta Golf Club is an 18 hole, 5,401 metre Par 70 course with an Australian Course Rating of 67. Visitors are welcome. The course is closed on Tuesdays and Saturdays for competition from 1 April to 30 September. Moonta is a pretty coastal town that is steeped in history. Just 165 kilometres from Adelaide, it's popular with holidaymakers, especially families. Nearby, you'll find Moonta B ...

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Moonta Mines Museum (Attraction)
Verran Terrace, Moonta Mines, South Australia 5558, Australia

The museum is located in the former Moonta Mines Model School. Erected in 1878, this building now houses thematic displays on the Cornish miners' lifestyles - mining, lodges and friendly societies, sports and pastimes, death and hardship; extensive displays of costume, china, silverware, photographs and memorabilia and a classroom furnished circa 1900. There is also a display on the World Wars. ...

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Moonta Mines State Heritage Area (Attraction)
Moonta Tourist Office, Blanche Terrace, Moonta Mines, South Australia 5558, Australia

This state heritage area covers most of the former Moonta Mining Company lease. A tourist drive starting from the Moonta Town Hall leads through the Cornish cottages housing area, passes the church, Hughes Pump House ruins, Taylor's shaft, the deepest, the ruins of the ore concentrating plant at Richman's. A walk to the lookouts on the top of the skimp heap gives an aerial view of the whole area. ...

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Moonta Mines Sweet Shop (Attraction)
Verran Terrace, Moonta Mines, South Australia 5558, Australia

Moonta Mines Sweet Shop is located in the former Moonta Mines Post Office built in 1946 and operated as a Post Office until the mid 1970s. The building was refurbished as a shop in 1979 and upgraded by the National Trust in 1998. The Sweet Shop sells a large range of old-fashioned sweets and drinks. ...

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Moonta Mines Tourist Railway (Attraction)
Moonta Mines Museum Car Park, Verran Terrace, Moonta Mines, South Australia 5558, Australia

A 50 minute round trip by narrow gauge rail, passes the reservoir and ore sorting floors then through a tunnel in Ryan's Tailings Heap. It visits the former Precipitations Works for an inspection of the story of copper recovery and then onto the Moonta Railway Station to begin the return journey. Departing from the Station adjacent to the Moonta Mines Museum, the train leaves on the hour, ex ...

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Moonta Mines Walking Trails (Attraction)
Moonta Tourist Office, Blanche Terrace, Moonta Mines, South Australia 5558, Australia

The Moonta Mines Walking Trails help you discover the history of this copper mining region via three marked trails. Ryans Walk is a short walk of about 500 metres and takes about one hour. Hancocks Walk - from the miners cottage or sweet shop - is approximately 45 minutes return. Hughes Walk is a short loop around historic Hughes Engine House and takes about one hour. Interpretive signs illu ...

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Moonta Tourist Office (Attraction)
Blanche Terrace, Moonta, South Australia 5558, Australia

This beautiful old building was erected by Gambling and Son of Adelaide and opened in 1909. It replaced an old timber and iron station, which was erected in 1878. The present building is one of several built throughout the state of the same design, including the Wallaroo Railway Station, which has been altered in recent years. The station is set in spacious grounds and is now the home of the Mo ...

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The Coffee Barn Gelateria (Attraction)
Warren Street, Moonta Mines, South Australia 5558, Australia

The Coffee Barn Gelateria is set on 27 acres of historical mining country and makes superb Gelato/Ice-cream on the premises. Our ingredients are of the highest quality from Italy and Australia. Enjoy a relaxed atmosphere with friendly service and other wonderful products such as Italian espresso coffee, thick Italian hot chocolate or perhaps a creamy cappuccino, and to top it off enjoy a homemade ...

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Wheal Hughes Copper Mine (Attraction)
Moonta Visitor Information Centre, Blanche Terrace, Moonta, South Australia 5558, Australia

The Wheal Hughes underground copper mine at Moonta is an exciting adventure with visitors donning boots, hard hats and helmet lights. They descend to a depth of 55 metres to experience the massive chambers with multicoloured veins of ore and learn how Cornish miners worked in the 1800s. Visitors must book at Visitor Information Centre, and be on site at the mine 15 minutes prior to tour. Specia ...

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