Kulgera NT to Coober Pedy SA

We farewelled Finke Gorge and once again drove through Owen NP onto the Stuart Highway, staying overnight at Kulgera on the border of NT/SA. We met a dozen or more retirees and visitors to Australia, driving Citroën CV2 from the southern states as part of an organised driving tour. 66 of these little cars are spending several weeks driving around NT.
We left Kulgera and headed across the border for lunch at Coober Pedy South Australia (846klm north of Adelaide). John's Pizza Bar is rated No.5 in Australia by Trip Advisor...so Capricciosa Pizza it was! (Yum) John has several walls of fame in his shop, showing the celebrities who have eaten there and the awards he has received.
Coober Pedy is the world's major supplier of opals and is unique in its underground living...homes, shops, churches and accommodation. More recently prehistoric marine creature fossils, as old as 115 million years old, have been found including those of an Umoonasaurus named after one of the mines.Read more