Day 35

Our pre retirement trial trip- day 35
150 km Lake Hart Rest Area to Andamooka SA

The aim today was to visit Andamooka, an opal mining town, and do the mining tour. Job not quite done ❌

After a clear starry sky last night (on checking our pics we realised we had captured the Aurora Australis) we woke to a chilly, windy, drizzly and overcast start to the day, so no beautiful sunrise over the salt lake 😥

Quick stop at Pimba and Spuds Roadhouse, which has a campground attached with amenities ( inc dump point)- seems a good set up- clean and flat and you can pop into the roadhouse for drinks and meals 👍🏻

Our journey today took us along the Olympic Dam Hwy to Roxby Downs then onto Andamooka

On our way we were contacted by Andamooka Observatory to warn us it had been raining which prevents access to the roads for today’s tour 😥
Oh well, we were heading there anyway so we’ll see what we can see and do whilst there 🤷🏼‍♀️

Set up at the community campground and set off on foot to explore the town, it didn’t take long 😜-the historic cottages, cemetery, machinery display and we popped into the Dine-a-mite cafe for a great milkshake 🥤

The Seagull went for his customary skiddadle around town and along the mine claims and we settled in for another star lit night.

This marks the end of our pre planned adventures, from here we have no schedule and are literally planning our next stop as we go. Where to from here?

Our home for the night is the Andamooka Community campground
$5pp pn unpowered or $15 per van powered. Some shelter/wind breaks available. Shower and toilets, water and dump point available.
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