Comfort Inn Cooberpedy Coober Pedy

... the winners where already in Adelaide.<br><br>We were doing our km per day as well because with these sort of high temperatures and abundance of flies that drives you crazy.<br>We did make it over the border into Sourh Australia and don't think that the landscape changed , still dry and not much that changes in 100kms.<br><br>The plan was to stop at Coober Pedy for 2 ...

... Ken and Ana was definitely a highlight!<br><br>Ken and Ana's laughing friendly nature together with their life experiences made our stay fun and very memorable.<br><br>The accommodation is spacious and the decor beautiful. Books to read on many topics including Opal books in which Ken and Ana are in. <br><br>Ken and Ana introduced us to ...

... fixed firmly in our minds. We were lucky to start with, the wind was with us.<br><br>We covered the first 90km today in much better time than yesterday. Everyone was working well together doing their turn at the front. We got to the 120km <br><br>mark about an hour earlier than yesterday.<br><br>The scenery changed markedly during the day - it looks like desert now. We were treated to many sightings of Wedgetail ...

... level and made no decent of any sorts. Hmmm. We are then excitedly informed by the bar staff to head (oh god - that poor man. i never knew lungs could hold so much!!) to a local disco! WOHOOOO!!! mingle with the locals. party ******* a sat night! Gonna be a good un! So off we head with excited vigor....... tbc (think i just need to vomit regarding the old boy's phlegm's)<br><br>We make our way to a large hotel - bar at front, and we ask about the disco where we are ...

... br>Our next stop was Coober Pedy. Coober Pedy is one of the hottest places in Australia (but only in summer) and the people of Coober Pedy made their homes underground which was much cooler.<br><br>Coober Pedy is known as the Opal Capital of the World because they mine opal there. I went down a opal mine with Dad and Alec. We learned how people used to cart things (rock) around. They ...

... assured that she would get one she was happy. Frank our tour bus driver is an old opal miner and his stories (heaps of bull%&amp;#t!) give us an insight we would not have got from just going around ourselves. Tour of town landmarks such as the sports oval,golf course, council olive grove, police station (new one the old one got blown up with miners explosives), golf course and opal fields ...

... Afterwards we headed down to the underground bar for a couple of beers before heading back to the room. We're now sat in our little underground lair, watching TV (sacre bleur) and raiding the mini bar (forgot to purchase amber ales on the way into Coober Pedy). I'm looking forward to having a look around tomorrow and remembering the places we visited before. May also call into Uncle Joe's (I think that was his name) Pizzeria for dinner. Not long now people's...

EN: Distancies in Australia can be quite overwhelming, specially in the outback where you can go on for hours without seing a town or a gas station, or sometimes even a car. You should also avoid driving after dark (when the wildlife, mainly kangaroos, are more active), so you need to plan your gas stops and also where you will spend the night. Coober Pedy is quite far from Uluru, so we decided to split the trip into two and spent one night in the Marla roadhouse ...

Am Mittwoch offenbarte uns Stan., dass er am Donnerstag in die Stadt muss und somit keine Arbeit fuer uns hat. Also beschlossen wir schon am Donnerstag nach Coober Pedy fahren und den Trip so vorzuziehen. Am gleichen Abend buchten wir schoneinmal unser hostel in Coober Pedy (es koennte ja ausgebucht sein!!!)....naja auf jeden Fall wollten wir am Donnerstag den 7. Dezember am Mittag losfahren....aber mit was? Ja das war natuerlich eine sehr gute Frage....Wir ruften so ziemlich ...

... Bekannten ins Gespräch. ANDREA GAMP aus Weilheim hatte sich auch ins selbe Nescht verirrt. Echt n super lustiger Zufall, sich so zu treffen. Irgendwo im Nirgendwo ;-)! War ja bei ihr mit Tina bei der Abschiedsfeier von ihr ;-)! Am nächsten Tag machten wir dann zu viert die Weltstadt Coober Pidy unsicher und besuchten eine alte Miene, die mittlerweile zum Museum umgerüstet wurde und schauten uns in verschiedenen Opalläden Opalketten (wer häts gedacht J) an..... Und promt hatten imon ...