Day 29 - Coober Pedy to Pimba

Nice sunrise today, bit of cloud cover. On the Road to Pimba, heaps of roadkill again, saw a couple of live Emu's and quite a few Wedge Tail Eagles. Got a tip from Tony & Paula that we needed to be at Spuds Roadhouse before 3pm as it fills up quickly.

The Bitumen roads fluctuated between black, grey and pinky brown, of course with splotches of Roadkill. Nice to be off the corrugations and sharp rocks. Saw a new Mine site with more than 10 diggers working it, unusual to see so many in the one area.

Stopped at Harts Lake which is solid salt, we walked out onto it....oops ignored the signs about being part of Woomera. The wind is blowing at about 20 knots which throws the van and car around a bit. Saw a dead emu in the middle of the road which was fresh, Wayne wanted to stop....Alex has requested some feathers and a claw/leg. Nowhere to get off the road - thank goodness.

Arrived at Spuds Roadhouse and found a spot, went over and checked out the Servo, $2.30 for Diesel, not too bad considering we are in the middle of nowhere. Will do the right thing and have dinner there, free camping so need to do our bit. Saw an interesting feature in the Cafe, a Mouse hole with a lovely frame...hoping it is a joke.

Dinner was really good and yes the free camping is very popular. Will catch up with Sandy tomorrow, she has finished Yorke Peninsular and we have done Coober Pedy.En savoir plus