Day 27 - Coober Pedy

One of us got up and took photo's of the Sunrise and one of us slept in until 9am....certain person didn't put on his C-Pac so snored and didn't get enough sleep. Forgot to mention that they put us into the covered section of the Park, not at my request, didn't matter anyway as the covers were torn so we could still get the sun on our Solar Panels.

Did a list of all the Tourist spots I wanted to cover today, plus a list of purchases we needed from the Hardware to fix our problems with the Van. Off to town to shop then went to The Big Winch which was a lookout over town and to watch a 360 degree Circlevision Cinematic experience. Very impressive presentation of the history of the Ghan up to todays mining town.

Then visited the 'Old Timers Mine' which was a combination of Mine Site, Museum and underground house from long ago to a modern underground house. Not my scene I'm afraid....no oceans anywhere, just lots of dust, flys and natives hanging around the bottle shop.

Followed this old guy on a mobility scooter driving down the middle of the road and around a round-about expecting everyone to give way to him, was funny as. Drove out to the highway and took photo's of the entrance to town which we didn't take on the way in.

Back to camp to fix the sink plug and the kettle, didn't fix the trailer plug or drawers yet. Went for a drive out to Kanku - Breakaways Conservation Park to watch the Sunset. Along the road we drove past thousands of mounds of dirt what has been mined and dumped.

Out to the 1st lookout which was the Escarpment hoping for some beautiful colours of the sunset. Have decided to stay another night so we can finish fixing the Van and trailer connections and do a sunrise out at the Lookouts at Kanku.Read more