The Great Outback

Hi all, Sorry this is a bit late! I had to collect my photos and then there was no service! So here we are! The first photo is near Lake Hart and is Island Lagoon We stayed near here for the night It was just so amazing! I have forgotten how the outback is so interesting. Some people think it is boring but I have always found it always changing. You get these little hills and of course, at the moment, there is water around, which is unusual.
We went into Pimba and then on to Woomera, which is only another 10 kms. there was a really interesting park with lots of rockets and old planes etc from when woomera was launching these things in the sixties

I am currently travelling with a lady i met through the solo cmca group internet. She is from Port Lincoln, and was widowed last year or so, she bought a motorhome and is warming up to travelling. She has a 3 children all grown up of course, we are much the same age, and have similar interests, wine, wine and more wine!
The countryside we are driving through is very bare i am not the best of photograpers as you know, but I do my best. We went into Coober Pedy. Stayed the night and went and saw the underground bar! naturally, played the pokies, in the undergound pokie parlour!
Went and looked through the underground catholic church. It had beautiful stained glass window. then as the 4th photo shows went into an underground house "Faye's" house, a single lady with help from a couple of lady friends built it over a 10 year period while also working at mining for opal and polishing. It was much better than Turkey's houses in Cappadoccia, there was not the wetsmoke smell in coober pedy like there was in Turkey. I think that is because Turkey"s underground houses are built from volcanic rock. Faye has also built a swimming pool, 3 bedrooms and "partyroom" she evidently did a lot of fundraising for the town. She has retired to Qld but has difficulty getting around now. On our way out of town we saw a mine in action and managed to get a snap as we drove past of a truck in action at a site blasting away "hopefuly" opal ore.
We camped out at Agnes Creek, which was quite pretty, except!!! It was overrun with mice! they are totally fearless, run over your feet, dived into some neighboring folks camp oven (it was empty of food, just soaking in water), ran all around the ground ugh!! We were very careful to keep hatches and doors closed.
Every roadhouse we passed through had them running around the floors! And they all smelt terrible! (the roadhouses I mean) I don't know how they get on in their kitchens?
Any way we kept on driving and here we are at Ayers Rock, oops, beg
your pardon, Uluru/Yulara. paid $1.90 per litre for diesel at Erldunda, but it is 0ver $2. here at Yulara. The caravan Park is quite reasonable though.
Any way must go big day tomorrow which will get posted next week! Hope you are all keeping well. I am!
Love vicki