Coober Pedy

Oyster Moon
Paul Foskett & Rhu Nash
Fri 17 May 2013 08:01

Position 29 0.2S  134 45.27E

 

Took about 5 hours to get from Woomera to Coober Pedy which is the opal mining capital of Australia.  Passed another saline lake along the way.

 

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Me trying to flick away the flies

 

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We passed through 8 or 9 properties (cattle and/or sheep stations) on the 360 km trip.

 

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This sign

 

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marks the bit of the road that the Flying Doctors use.

 

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Had a bit of rain along the way.

 

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We passed the other half touring at one of the rest stops.  Table came out along with tea/coffee and biscuits.

 

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