Woke at dawn to see the beautiful sunrise on the lake, just magic. I say again, what a marvelous country we live in.
A long drive today with the vast landscape changing many many times, the immense sky filled with rolling thunderous black clouds with their silvery beards reaching for the earth.
By the time we reached Coober Pedy the temperature had risen only a few degrees, but that didn't deter us from exploring, we discovered an underground restaurant and booked in for dinner, and found the very quaint little Catholic Church, and of course it was also underground.
We drove up to the lookout for a photo opportunity and met a little chinese opal miner, originally from Hong Kong, who showed us around his 'diggings' and the very deep narrow shaft he lowers himself into, on a swing seat wth a winch, to dig for his opals, which he just happens to have for sale. Jude and I both purchased a small piece of his raw opal for $2 a piece, who could resist his toothless grin.
Tomorrow we are booked on a tour of the town offered by our caravan park, and Monday we are joining the 'Mail Run' down the Oodnadatta Track.
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