Day 34

Our pre retirement trial trip- day 34

The aim today was to say goodbye to the weird and wonderful Coober Pedy and continue our adventuring. Job done ✔️

Wonderful, quirky, unique, eccentric, eclectic, weird 🤪- all words we have used to describe this amazing place. We have loved it here but it’s time to say farewell, until next time ❤️

But before we left we had the opportunity to take a peak in Faye’s Underground Home, which has been closed during our stay for filming. Yesterday we chatted with Freda who offered us a quick look around this morning as she tidied up after the film crew had left. Such an amazing place, all carved out by 3 women and their picks. Welcome to the poolroom, bar and inside pool 😳

Freda also warned us that the Stuart Highway south may be closed for rocket testing 🚀 and for us to check before we headed off as we might well be stranded 😳
So they close a major road, the only road south, to test rockets ????
We called the helpline and apparently they do, and was told there was no testing planned today but to call back as they can only confirm 24 hrs in advance 😳 - so we might not get to our next stop, and if we do we might get stuck there for a few days 🤷🏼‍♀️

Anyway, we continued our journey south with fingers crossed.
And what a BORING day of travelling it was.
NOTHING much to see, except for a couple of lizards, cattle, emu, sheep and three wedge tail eagles feeding on road kill, oh and more SA street art (aka wrecked cars 😜)
So we listened to the ABC series ‘Chase for Skase’. We had never heard of Christopher Skase but now know all about him 😳. Is he well known in Aus ?

And then we got to our home for the night, and WOW. Now there’s something to see 🥰
We are at Lake Hart Rest area, a free camp on the side of the Stuart Hwy with no facilities but the most amazing view of the salt lake which you can walk down to (or run 🏃🏼)
Nobody else is here and we have taken a prime real estate position - sorry but couldn’t resistもっと詳しく