Coober Pedy

Day 6 – 29^th April 2010

Coober Pedy

No pulling down tents or packing up camp today – yaaaaay!

Back into tourist mode and did a tour of a working underground mine. It turns out that the ‘working’ bit was suspect. Still it was interesting and we had a go at getting down into a mine and divining for opal. How they do it for a living we don’t know. Not for us. 

Another very interesting display at an opal mine and shop but managed to avoid any purchases. Drove out to a spot called the Breakaways, about 30km out of town to have drinks and nibbles as the sun set. It was a beautiful spot and the atmosphere at sunset was so peaceful. We had the bonus of a full moon rising as the sunset and hardly knew which direction to flash the cameras.  Hope one of us got a decent moonrise! 

On the way to the Breakaways we passed the Dingo Fence and broke several rules of the local indigenous people – not on purpose of course.

Back to town in the very dark night and finished off the Greek deserts from the night before.