Opal Inn Hotel, Motel & Caravan Park Coober Pedy

... mine where the opal is still sitting in the side of the walls. Coober Pedy is a very dry town and water is hard to come by but lots of people love living here.<br><br>We would not drive for miles to get to this place but we had to go through anyway , but it was very interesting to find out about this special "rock &#8220;.<br><br>Next stop is Woomera where Donnas brother lives.

... viele ein ungewohnter Anblick<br> <br>Island Lagoon, Lake Hart und dann Glendambo mit dem lustigen Ortschild, das mit der Einwohneranzahl, der Zahl der dort ansessigen Schafe und den dort lebenden Fliegen warb. wir hatten Glueck, dass die Fliegen alle gerade im Urlaub waren. Auch die Roadtrains, die auf ...

... We had a team meeting before dinner. Our plans for the next 4 days had to change. With a forecast of favourable winds tomorrow we can't waste it on a <br><br>150km leg to Cadney. We are going to attempt to get to Marla, 230 km away tomorrow. This is in an attempt to make the last 3 days more manageable as the <br><br>forcast is for 35 degree days and northly and westerly winds.<br><br>Tomorrow is make or brake for the ride.

... and the young spritely things might rock up just after 11/12 to get things going. This never happens. We sit there - our small group tour - drinking and bumuzed by the whole affair - we ask around but still people maintain their ignorance regarding the birthday girl and that this place is supposed to be providing her party. Even Simon (the legendary DJ is unable to shed any light on the matter. He is able to provide us with the night's entertainment - a one man ...

... of a house and church. We see some movie drops and old sets - spaceship from a Vin Diesel movie and some Mad Max props. The bus sings happy birthday to Samantha and the girls get a bag of raw opal for being really good (which they were). Dinner is at the camp kitchen - easier to do and Maria is able to use the camp oven in the stove to cook a birthday cake which we share with Michelle and Joroen.

... Creek to Coober Pedy we drove to Oodnadatta, then via the Painted Desert down to Coober Pedy. Good drive, road bad in places but overall it was pretty good. Camped on the side of the road at creeks a couple of nights and got to see fantastic sunsets and lots of stars and a couple of sattelites.

... so we got a good night sleep and were fresh for the next morning trip. On the way to Coober Pedy we stopped at the amazing Breakaways Lookout not far from the opal mining fields, and we also drove to see the Dog Fence, which was built to keep the dingoes away from eating sheep. It was built in the 1880s and is the world's longest fence. Cobber Pedy is an opal mining town, regarded by many (mainly Australians) as the opal capital of the world. About half the ...

... es losgehen! Coober Pedy ist sozusagie Opalgraeberstadt der Welt. Ein Opal ist ein Edelstein, der in allen moeglichen Farben funkelt. Auf Coober Pedy sind wir gekommen, weil wir schon lang mal ins Outback wollten und ein Kolleg von Stsan arbeitet dort in der Mine und er hat uns mal eingeladen. Wir fuhren von Adelaide nach port Augusta und dann ueber Glendamo nach Coober Pedy. Ein Weg hatte ca. 880 Km und wir brauchten ca 9 std dafuer. Eine weitere Macke Australiens ist ...

... Auf jeden all hat man durch seine zapplig nervöse Art gemerkt, dass etwas nicht mit ihm stimmt. Drück im auf jeden Fall die Daumen dass er diesmal auch nochmal Glück hat und den Kampf gegen den Krebs gewinnt! Und für die Google Nutzer hier der Name des Geschäfts "Aretas Opals"- lohnt sich echt! Am nächsten Morgen bekamen wir dann von Viktor einem Bekannten von Stan eine Privatführung in seiner Opalmiene. Hatten Glück dass es überhaupt geklappt hat, denn am Vortag durften wir noch ...