Friday 8 June 2012 - Port Augusta to Coober Pedy
Trip
Meter Reading Start – 550 Trip Meter Reading Finish - 1023
Total
Km Travelled – 533 km
.JPG "Lake Hart")
Fuel
Costs & Consumption
Fill up Glendamba
LPG @ $1.10;
37.46 litres $41.21 (trip meter 783.4)
Comments
- Luke Baker
We walked on
a giant salt lake. We stayed at a Opal
Mine in Coober Pedy. After that at 7pm
we did a underground Opal tour. I
learnt how to use the devining rods which you use to find water.
Comments
– Mum and Dad
Took a walk
to Lake Hart from rest area approx 90km south of Glendamba; the lake is a dried
salt lake and amazingly white against a big blue sky
Booked into
Riba’s Underground Tent Camping and Tourist Park for 2 nights. Our first night was 50% off and included a
mining tour. The boys did that while I
attended to some internet banking and emails.
There are approximately 3000 open
mine shafts in the area, so the advice is not to let you kids go wandering or
you lose them forever (mmmm.....) The campground for tents is underground as
the temperature here gets up to 50 degrees in the summer; the area also has
underground motel rooms and a Thunder Dunny (Toilet) which is open 24 hours.
.JPG "Lake Hart")
.JPG "Camping underground at Coober Pedy")
Hi Nick mark and Luke, Enjoying your blog!Reliving our trip to Coober pedy last year. Amazing holes in the ground! maggie
ReplyDeletehi nick mark and Luke, Enjoying reading your blogs and reliving our trip to Coober pedy last year. Amazing holes everywhere!
ReplyDeleteHi Mark, Nicole and Luke,
ReplyDeleteAunty Kay let us know this afternoon that we can follow your adventures on this blogspot. So we've been having a look and it's really great to be able to see all the terrific things you've been doing, we hope you keep having a wonderful and safe trip :)
The disused mine shafts in Coober Pedy are frightening, aren't they! I remember when I went there, we were out in the Public Noodling area, I was just about to step onto a sheet of cardboard, which had been covered over by dirt and was barely visible. It turned out that sheet of cardboard was covering a disused mine shaft and had I stepped on it, I would have most likely fallen into the mine shaft! I was terrified to walk around there after that experience and so we gave up on the idea of Noodling :) Tracys Greek Restuarant in Coober Pedy was the best, they had incredible food! Did you notice if they are still there?
Aunty Kay asked me to say hello, she wanted to post a comment, but wasn't sure how to, I think she will try to give it a go later.
Bye for now, enjoy every precious moment of being together as a family, making memories that you will cherish for a life time :)
With Love,
from your cousin Angela