Day 33

Our pre retirement trial trip- day 33

The aim today was to learn a little more about living underground, mining and opaling. Job kinda done ✔️

After a quick 11km skidaddle out and around the town, we headed out to explore

Unfortunately Faye’s Underground Home is still closed for filming
And the Umoona Mine and Museum is closed on a Tuesday (the only day 😥)

The self guided tour at the Old Timers Mine was great and very informative, and has added to our desire to mine and find opal - we would love to return and peg a claim 🤔
It’s an original opal mine from 1916, which was filled in and hidden until it was accidentally rediscovered in 1968 when an underground home extension broke through revealing it and the opal 😳

We have LOVED our time in Coober Pedy, it’s the weirdest and quirkiest town we have visited and it’s really got under our skin.
We have found the people here to be so friendly and welcoming, and we have loved chatting with many of the locals Tanya, Dave, Freda, Minister Dave, Lynn……

And thanks to local advice we have even been out fossicking and found a little opal ourselves 💎

We will be sad to leave, and I’m sure we will be back

The base for our stay has been the Oasis Tourist Park. After reading some reviews we were a little apprehensive about our choice but it has been great. The staff friendly and helpful and a perfect location to explore the town on foot (or bike)
Beware the pool is very cold 🥶
Yes you pay extra for water connection, but only if you need it and we didn’t.
Yes you pay extra for the showers, but $1 for 7 mins is very reasonable for hot, powerful showers (we’ve paid more elsewhere) and reception will help you out with coinage if needed.
They could increase the daily fee to include water connection and shower costs, but it’s great that you can just pay for it if you need it 🤷🏼‍♀️Read more