Sunset over the Big Winch

A clever plan, we would head to a spot to get a great view of the sunset. Initially we planned to head to the Big Winch. This plan changed and we ended up on another vantage point.

There was some nice colours of the Big Winch area and the western sky showed an opal hunters flash of promise. Armed with image capture devices we waited. The sun slowly rolled lower until it slipped below the horizon.

Almost like switching off a light it was night. The huge COOBER PEDY sign atop the same hill as the winch was supposed to light up in hues of a fresh dug opal but alas there must have been a technical issue. Not the sunset we had hoped for, though it still was with an outback beauty.

We headed back to the five star dugout where we were spending the night.Read more