Day 26 - William Cr to Coober Pedy

Gave the car and van a check over, quick chat with the neighbours turned into a long chat and before we realised it was 11am before we left for Coober Pedy. Had 166 km of corrugated road to travel.

Spent the next 3 hours watching for the sharp rocks that were all over the road, corrugation and dust bowls. Lots of shredded tyres along the way. Lost another plug to the road, one draw got stuck and one cupboard door has almost pulled the screws out, not too bad, all fixable.

Did a massive load of washing, then drove into town to check it out, smaller than I thought, has Mitre 10, IGA, Opal shops (of course), Bottle shop with about a dozen 'residents' waiting for the shop to re-open, numerous servo's and a Pizza Shop. Apart from that there are quite a few mine tours to check out which will be tomorrow. Every shop was shut except the IGA - Sunday afternoon, we get spoilt with our shop hours.

We saw a few herds of cattle which are the fattest healthiest cows we have seen in SA. So warm here, I don't think it would be very pleasant in Summer.
Staying at Big 4 - nice clean park. Exploring Coober Pedy tomorrow.Read more