The Tabarka is a blockship in Burra Sound, lying in around 12m of fiercely tidal water. |
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Most divers who have been to Scapa Flow will have dived blockships in Burra Sound. |
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The small town of Carrieton, originally known as Yanyarrie Whim in the Hundred of Eurelia, was a stopping place for teamsters on the copper road from Burra to Blinman. |
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Dale Pearson led the Burra scoring with four and Ian Lee celebrated a hat-trick. |
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He decided to abort the trip and return to port but on their way back the Diamond hit a rock and sank in the West Burra Firth. |
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Now, almost 20 years on, Wendy makes more than 1000 of her Burra Bears a year. |
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Others are Burra Foods Australia, Bulla, Longwarry Food Park, Balltyne and Lemnos. |
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East and West Burra, Muckle Roe, Papa Stour, Trondra and Vaila are smaller islands to the west of Mainland. |
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Public bus services are operated on Mainland, Whalsay, Burra, Unst and Yell. |
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Yell is neither near Lerwick like Bressay nor bridged to the mainland like Burra or Muckle Roe. |
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Alumni from this period included Elizabeth Frink, Edward Burra, Patrick Caulfield, Ethel Walker, Dirk Bogarde, Robert Clatworthy, John Latham and John Berger. |
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But then he was also a burra sahib who believed that first things ought to come first. |
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Also, we're one of the few stand alone eateries in India to offer lobsters and crabs which was important because the burra sahibs were partial to them! |
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