Coober Pedy

Arrived Saturday lunchtime - Coober Pedy is Australia's opal mining capital- mines everywhere!

We stayed at the caravan park for one night.  Weather extremely hot and dry,  as it was Saturday afternoon the streets were quiet.

Homes are built into the hill - this way they are insulated from the heat.

Underground Catholic Church,  Neil and I attended Mass Saturday night.  The priest was the same one that had assisted Mount Lilydale Mercy College students in 1993 when their bus to central Australia crashed - one fatality and many injuries.

Note the ventilation shafts.

Next day we headed for Port Augusta - back on the bitumen, smooth going all the way, no corrugations.

Just before Port August we assisted the truck driver who had 2 blown tyres on this truck!

 

We arrived in Port August late afternoon on Sunday, 5 October.