Leaving behind the magic of Mambray Creek, we hit the road again, heading for the Outback. Our evening stop for the night was in Glendambo, population: 30. We stayed at the Glendambo Outback Resort, basically a red dirt paddock with a pub and a petrol station on it (all you need when your on the road I guess)!
We got up early and managed to get away just before 9am, which is our earliest start so far- starting to get the hang of being on the road earlier. We made it to Coober Pedy by lunchtime and spent the afternoon cruising around town.
We took a super-cute tour to Faye’s Underground House, which is just that, an underground house built by three women.
We then took a tour of an Opal Mine where Faye used to work. Kids loved it, thought they were finding opals down all the tunnels. I’ve actually never paid that much attention to Opals, but looking at them today, and learning about how they are formed, I now find them completely enchanting.
After that, we drove to the Kanku-Breakaways Conservation Park, previously ancient sea, now traditional ancient land.
Full Moon on Coober Pedy tonight.