Underground Motel Coober Pedy

... is just sooooo hot as well, and the caravan parks are nearly empty. Not many tourists when it is this hot.<br>The unique thing about this town is the number of underground dugouts that are being used as housing. They are absolutly fabulous. We went into a Serbian Church which has it doors on the upper level then when you go in a ramp leads down to the lower level. <br>The caravan park we are staying at advertises ...

... von 22 - 24 Grad Celsius, Draussen kann das Thermometer grosse Schwankungen aufweisen. Im Sommer kann es vorkommen, dass die Temperatur ueber 50 Grtad ansteigt, im Winter kann es wiederum auf den Gefrierpunkt absinken. Da ist es in den "dug outs", den Wohnungen unter der Erde, dann doch recht gemuehtlich.

... by a photo with him - he's made up! That we are even on his dancefloor to make this request seems to be more than he has ever known and he panics - responds in a new sense of vigor and throws to the dance floor freebie brewery gifts including caps/wristbands (courtesy of JD - a girly!?!?! drink according to adam). <br><br>We're sad to leave. But know it to be even sadder to stay. <br>We're greeted by a mass sandstorm. Very cool!<br><br>The place gets stranger <br><br>

... sky was turning a deep blue with the pending rain clouds and it just contrasted the colours of the cliffs - white, pink, red, brown, yellow. Again our photos just won't do this area justice. Leaving Painted Desert we head for Coober Pedy and as we get to the Moon Plain the rains start. We've had nothing but dust for 4 days, now the rain is turning the roads ...

... the caravan park - which was very bare! Fairly uneventful day followed. Topped up with fuel at Glendambo, stopped for lunch at a roadside stop and were deluged by our first round of outback flies. Ate quick and headed off again. The country was pretty uninspiring - mostly flat with small stumpy bushes and plenty of saltbush. It was interesting though, how frequently it changed from no trees, to bushes ...

Am naechsten Tag entscheiden wir und dann uns**en Roadtrip nicht auf dem touristisch gete**tem Steward Highway in Richtung Norden fortzusetzen, vielmehr wollen wir die naechsten 700 Kilomet** (k`s wie die hi** zu sagen pflegen...) die Pisten schreddeln. D** eine Ford Falcon ist Eigentum, also kein Problem, uns**** ist ein Mietwagen und darf natu**lich eigentlich nicht auf solchen Strassen ausgefuehrt w**den...naja...wir **kundigen und natu**lich vorab ueb** die Strassenv ...

... for movies like Mad Max III, Stark, Red Planet, and Pitch Black. We visited two underground churches, one Anglican and one Catholic, and then we drove up to the Big Winch Lookout to view the ugly town from above. We also paid a visit to the Old Timer's Mine, which was quite interesting, it shows how the opal was digged in the beginning of the 20th century, and it also has an underground house on display. For a long time we have been looking for some suitable and ...

... angehalten um ein kuehles Bier zu geniessen und den Sonnenuntergang reinzuziehen. Ich hab dann mal am Radio rumgedrueckt, weil wir fast nie Empfang hatten und siehe da!!! Nichts aber auch gar nichts ausser ein deutschen Sender wo Weihnachtsmusik geloffen ist!!! Also dann, irgendwann sind wir dann in Coober Pedy angekommen und sind dann zum Redeekas Underground hostel gefahren. Das ist ein Hotel /Hostel, dass 6 Meter unter der Erde ist, da es in Coober Pedy zum Teil bis zu 50 ...