Delicious!

After a long hot day serving coffee we do enjoy sitting on our balcony and having something cool drink - and no, I don't mean an iced chocolate. We have just discovered the latest offering from Burra Creek Wines - a scrumptious sparkling red which slips down very nicely on a hot summer evening. Princess Royal Station is home to Burra Creek Wines and as well as this delicious drop they have other bottlings including a shiraz and a cabernet shiraz.

Apart from being just plain yummy the Sparkling Shiraz is only $10 a bottle! We think it will be just perfect for Christmas. Have a look at the Burra Creek Wines website for information on how to get some for yourself - just make sure you leave some for us!

30th anniversary screening

"Breaker Morant" is the story of the court marshall of Harry "Breaker" Morant and two other Australian soldiers serving in South Africa during the second Boer War. Filmed on location almost entirely in and around Burra the film stared Edward Woodward as well as an array of Australian favourites including Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson, John Waters and Bud Tingwell.

The film was a top performer at the 1980 Australian Film Institute awards, with ten wins, including: best film, best direction, leading actor, supporting actor, screenplay, art direction, cinematography, and editing. It was also nominated for the 1980 Academy Award for the Best Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium).

To mark the 30th anniversary of the making of 'Breaker Morant' a special showing has been arranged at Burra's Redruth Jail. It should be a great night so come along and join the celebrations.

BREAKER MORANT

30 Year Anniversary Screening

November 28th 2009 – 6 p.m.

Redruth Gaol, Burra

2009 South Australian Tourism Awards

Last night we went down to Adelaide and joined around 600 people from tourism ventures across the state at the 2009 South Australian Tourism Awards. The winner of our category ( Tourism Restaurants and Catering) was the Brasserie @ Hilton Adelaide, but we were very surprised and excited to be awarded a Silver Medal! A very big thank you to all our customers and staff who make Gaslight so much fun.

Congratulations to all the other award recipients, especially to Wild Saffron and Brice Hill Country Lodge over in Clare and Sevenhills Cellars at Sevenhills.

Wildlife Wonderland

It's been all about the wildlife this week at Gaslight. Last Saturday we watched the rescue of a cat trapped in a tree across the road from the shop. The 3 hour rescue involved the fire brigade, a crane and several exciting maneuvers among the foliage. All this was watched by an ever increasing group of on-lookers before the cat was brought down to earth to cheers and applause of the crowd.

We had only just recovered from that excitement when a gentleman dropped into the shop yesterday to ask us if we knew there was a brown snake on our footpath. No!!! Bob quickly swept the timid critter into a crate and Steve took him out to the bush and released him.