Most inspired by Faye’s Underground House, and her mine, Jett started opal prospecting. Everywhere we went, Jett would start sifting through bits of red dirt. And he found some opal!! We took it to be checked out, and it was definitely opal!! Potch Opal, essentially worthless, but still, very pretty, and still, precious opal- to Jett. Spurred on by this find, he kept going, and kept finding more. He said he had “Opal Vision” as when he looked at dirt and sand he could tell whether there was Opal in it or not. Opal Vision.
We had a look at an underground church. The underground structures in Coober Pedy stay at a nice, constant temperature of 23 degrees.
Coober Pedy was fun, we probably should have stayed two nights there, I found one night a bit rushed. I missed out on going to the Underground Book shop and cafe- my kind of shop!!
Loved reading about your adventures so far…. Keep them coming!!
Opals are pretty but I have not given them much thought either. It is incredible to think how they are formed.
Love the idea of the underground houses.