Underground Opal Mine in Coober Pedy, South Australia.
Kangaroo Joey rescued and cared for at Coober Pedy Animal Hospital after mother victim of "road kill".
A common sight around Coober Pedy, a "blower" used to bring up the mullock from underground in the search for "colour", the elusive opal.
The Breakaways, east of Coober Pedy. A bit like a moonscape.
The very, very small section of the Dog Fence, the longest continuous pest exclusion fence in the world put up to prevent the dingo from entering the southern, rich farmland of South Australia. It stretches for 5614 kms (3,488 miles).
To break the living in a caravan humdrum, we stayed in a Coober Pedy underground B&B
for one night. 9 metres underground in a dugout where the temperature is a comfortable 23 degrees.
Hard to capture on camera the size and shape of the natural ampitheatre which constitutes the Wilpena Pound. The best way to see it is by airplane but at $200 per person for a 20 min flight, we chose to trek to the top of the northern lip of the Pound
Some of the very large river red gums that dominate the valley which forms the only entrance into the Pound.
The old stone homestead on the failed cattle property now owned and managed by the National Parks. Successive droughts are blamed for the failure of cattle and sheep grazing in the Pound.
The hills north of Adelaide on the way to the Barossa Valley.
A trip to the Barossa Valley would not be complete without a visit to the Chateau Tanunda cellar door for a wee tasting.
.......and then onto the Yalumba winery for further tasting. For pure oldie-worldie ambience, Barossa Valley wineries leave Hunter Valley wineries for dead.
With a nice glow-up after sampling several whites and a coupla reds, we roll on.
