Wilpena...
"Are we ready? It's only 7:30am, we must have forgotten something?" The drive from Wilpena to Pt Augusta is pure magic. It's very picturesque, but we were on a "mish" so no time for pictures.... We had to get to Pt Augusta for the "BIG SHOP".
Pt Augusta...
Not the most impressive city we've visited but we found most of the things we were looking for. We booked in to the Shoreline Caravan Park. Really nice relatively speaking. Another early start and we're heading north. We get the feeling that we're doing all this too fast so time to slow down some.
Let's drop by Woomera
Ah! brings back visions of my old Army days. Everything in it's place and a place for everything. Not a blade of grass anywhere, but lots of raked gravel. About as much character as a boot lace. Would I recommend a visit, of course, it has some great history, but it's soooo dull. If we used the place for asylum seekers, they would be on the next boat home...
C'mon Rose, let's head off
Lake Hart
We found a ('wet') salt lake with some history just north of Woomera. It was used as a firing range. There are signs all over the place "Beware, unexploded ordinance may be encountered beyond this point".
A pretty odd notice when you consider the main rail line runs inside these signs... go figure!
PS. I found the double stacking of these containers pretty interesting. I've not seen it before.
We stayed a night a Lake Hart and left very early the following morning. The night was cold, more ice on the windscreen...... the diesel heater is still getting a hammering.
"Hey Bryan", there's large ant hills everywhere. We were 50km's out from Coober Pedy. Imagine spending 8-10 hours a day in a vertical hole, then going home to your own horizontal hole, having a drink in yet another large room sized hole.... that sort of describes Coober Pedy.
We stayed at the "Op Shop". It's a camp ground about 1km from town, that costs $15/night. The proprietor lives in a bus on the property which can fit about 6 vans. We stayed there with a physio, a sheep farmer and a couple of retired couples. The proprietor "Gary" talked a lot about Opal, and he definitely had the bug, his enthusiasm was infectious and saw Rose and I out "noodling" the following day.... yep, no luck, we will still need to work I think.
The Old timers mine, the Underground Bar and the Breakaways are all great places to see. We stayed a second day to do some of these places justice. It grows on you.... the people are genuine and engaging and the mix of cultures both local and generally european is amazing.
Janet, Bruce, Rose and Bryan at "The Breakaways".
We left Coober Pedy and headed further north. Not much to see from the main road. We feel that we've just barely scratched the surface but the long road and the expansive desert in every direction makes one feel so small and insignificant.... much more to see the second time around!
I think we'll be at Yularu in the next couple of days.... school holidays... could have planned that better perhaps.... we'll see!
"Are we ready? It's only 7:30am, we must have forgotten something?" The drive from Wilpena to Pt Augusta is pure magic. It's very picturesque, but we were on a "mish" so no time for pictures.... We had to get to Pt Augusta for the "BIG SHOP".
Pt Augusta...
Not the most impressive city we've visited but we found most of the things we were looking for. We booked in to the Shoreline Caravan Park. Really nice relatively speaking. Another early start and we're heading north. We get the feeling that we're doing all this too fast so time to slow down some.
Let's drop by Woomera
Ah! brings back visions of my old Army days. Everything in it's place and a place for everything. Not a blade of grass anywhere, but lots of raked gravel. About as much character as a boot lace. Would I recommend a visit, of course, it has some great history, but it's soooo dull. If we used the place for asylum seekers, they would be on the next boat home...C'mon Rose, let's head off
Lake Hart
We found a ('wet') salt lake with some history just north of Woomera. It was used as a firing range. There are signs all over the place "Beware, unexploded ordinance may be encountered beyond this point". A pretty odd notice when you consider the main rail line runs inside these signs... go figure!PS. I found the double stacking of these containers pretty interesting. I've not seen it before.
We stayed a night a Lake Hart and left very early the following morning. The night was cold, more ice on the windscreen...... the diesel heater is still getting a hammering.
"Hey Bryan", there's large ant hills everywhere. We were 50km's out from Coober Pedy. Imagine spending 8-10 hours a day in a vertical hole, then going home to your own horizontal hole, having a drink in yet another large room sized hole.... that sort of describes Coober Pedy.We stayed at the "Op Shop". It's a camp ground about 1km from town, that costs $15/night. The proprietor lives in a bus on the property which can fit about 6 vans. We stayed there with a physio, a sheep farmer and a couple of retired couples. The proprietor "Gary" talked a lot about Opal, and he definitely had the bug, his enthusiasm was infectious and saw Rose and I out "noodling" the following day.... yep, no luck, we will still need to work I think.
We left Coober Pedy and headed further north. Not much to see from the main road. We feel that we've just barely scratched the surface but the long road and the expansive desert in every direction makes one feel so small and insignificant.... much more to see the second time around!
I think we'll be at Yularu in the next couple of days.... school holidays... could have planned that better perhaps.... we'll see!
Cool Scenery!!
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