Day 12

We were reminded why we didn't want to be in to many caravan parks they start pulling out at about 6.30am. Did the washing and had a nothing day, Geralds still has his cold.

Booked in for Saturday night as well I have my flight tomorrow almost didn't do it. We also booked for an Opal mine tour on Sunday morning.

We are just back from our walk, guess where we walked to.......I bet most of you got it to an underground bar.

Everything in Coober Pedy is built on rock and gravel

Day 11

Fuelled up at Spuds Roadhouse. There were about a dozen or more and caravans parked there over night. Moved on to Lake Hart with water in it. Booked a flight over Lake Eyre for me on Saturday afternoon, Gerald didn't feel like it.

Booked into the Oasis Tourist Park Big 4,in Coober Pedy we did look at the Underground one but it was about a km out and we might have been a bit big. Anyway this one is one is in the town.

Coober Pedy roughly translated is white man underground.

Day 10

Not a good start to the day Gerald has 'man' flu and isn't impressed as he had two flu injections before we left. He didn't like it when I told him the don't give injections for 'man' flu. Filled up with gas here. Then on to Port Augusta where we stocked up on food and grog. Then North my word its flat with the very occasional hill. Decided to spend the night at Pimba at Spuds Roadhouse. But first we went to Woomera and looked at the museum....excellent. There are so many empty houses there its a pity that they can be used for something.

Day 9

26 May 2009
Thanks Merilyn the diary you gave me sits beside me and I use it to jot down notes as we go along. I usually try to update this each day when we stop, Gerald check out where we may go tomorrow. We seem to go further that we plan but as we have been in this area before we only stop and look at what we missed before.

Anyway left our camp at about 10.30am. Bit chilly this morning and we found that we had no diesel in the heater, there must have been an air lock because the indicator said we were full. The landscape is very flat but there are heaps of wind farms. Anyway down into to Adelaide, now there are some hills, and out the other side to a car park at the back of the White Horse Hotel where I constructed a Red Wine Stew for the Dreampot

We were going to stay at Port Wakefield, stayed here before at a little motel on the highway. This time we drove in and looked about down to the wharf watched some boats come in.

Still early so we moved on and we say a train, so Gerald day was made. I liked the look of the Crystal Brook free camp it had a big tick in the book. Going into the Crystal Brook the train drew along side and I got the camera and the driver waved and gave us a toot. And of course the is now no free camp so we are in the caravan park $18 with power.

Day 8

25 May 2009
Left the park at 10am got some gas and then took my first "big" photo. The big Lobster at Kingston SE.

We were parked next to a couple from Ulverstone last night they are only going as far as Adelaide.

Stopped at Miningie Cheese Factory, just our luck they had a working open day yesterday, but it was still very interesting. Then up to the lookout for lunch. But the three free camps mentioned in the Camps book are now not available there were new signs 'Its the Law' 'No Camping', so we didn't spend any money there and moved on to a free camp near Tailem Bend. Gerald had his TV so all was well.

Day 7

24th May 2009
It rained last night and is a bit drizzlery today but not cold at all. We are trying to decide where to move to we really need a dump point so its Beachport of Kingston, we will look at both.

We are both sitting with our laptops Gerald's has the TrackRanger going plotting our route and I am fine tuning my Nomad Notes so when I get internet service I can download this.

Well we are here in Kingston SE in a caravan park where we can get water use their power and use their dump point, still drizzlery but looking at the sea which is very flat.

The flies are really pain, Gerald is after them as I type almost sprayed my wine not good. We have netball and motor racing on the TV switching between them. More fly spray, better go for a walk and close up the bus.

Day 6

23rd May 2009
At last I have been able to catch up on my journal entries. Well the basics are there now I will have to go back and fill in the details. Thanks Pat for the sticky notes there are bits of yellow paper sticking out of all different books.

Yes the locals were right the wind has picked up but we still might stay another day the view is lovely even if the water is a bit rough and the fishing boats are dancing on their anchors. I don't have intenet access here so posting all this will have to wait till we get near Robe maybe tomorrow.

Got the Dreampot (www.dreampot.com.au) out and cooked Beef Strog with rice. Went for a walk along the beach and just had a veg out day. The Strog turned out well and the extra rice I made into Sushi, for tomorrow for me Strog for Gerald