It’s been a week since we left home. After a night of partying in Melbourne and mothers day lunch with the mothers we headed off on our adventure. The Pet Shop Boys sung “go west” and we did. With a stop-over in Horsham we made it to Adelaide on Monday for a pleasant evening of catch-up with old friends Joe and Helen.
Tuesday we headed north toWoomera, stopping off in Port Augusta for lunch and a walk aroundthe Arid Lands Botanic Gardens. Wednesday morning was spent exploring rockets and then we headed on to Coober Pedy for a night underground.
Talk about shop till you drop, Joy must have perused the wares of
20 Opal shops before declaring that she had seen enough.Adrian’s sigh of relief was premature because she found another 3 on the way to the Visitors Centre. We toured a couple of mines (one of which is still operating), an underground church and then did some noodling for, you guessed it, opal.
After spending a second night in Coober Pedy we traveled back to Port Augusta and then on to Kimba. No white lions, but it does claim to be halfway across Australia. Tonight we are in Streaky bay, having spent the day exploring interesting rock formations and a seal colony.
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