Back on the road, and a pleasant stop, over looking the vast desert.
A zebra crossing…..still no live kangaroos ! (its an airstrip?)
Really…..all that way ??
We stop for lunch, and attempt the great outdoors……..
But soon retreat inside the van, to get away from the flies !!
I braved it for a quick photo….
The black patches, which look like oil viewed from the road, turn out to be small red/brown pebbles shining in the sun.
At last the “mullock” heaps for Coober Pedy hone into view……they are the spoil heaps from the opal mines.
The Town sign, in the shape of a truck with a dust blower on the back……this is used to suck the diggings out of the mines.
Coober Pedy
We are recommended Johns Pizzas by the camp site owner, we walk into town and find it.
He was not wrong, this is a SMALL pizza and Dave orders one side of chips …I think we got two !!
Also a nice cold beer for the driver…. BTW…. I didn’t eat any chips !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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