Saturday 20 July 2013 – Arkaringa, wild flowers, mining at
Coober Pedy.
After breakfast our hosts suggested we travel
to Coober Pedy via Mt Barry, as due to the recent rains and warm temperatures,
the moon plains were full of yellow wildflowers. They were beautiful and lightened up the
landscape.
Nearing Coober Pedy the sights of The
Breakaways (hills of astounding beauty and colour) provided a visual feast.
Most of Coober Pedy’s population lives and
works underground – working to discover opals and living underground at a
constant temperature of 24 degrees – very pleasant throughout the year.
We went down one of the old opal mines now converted into a tourist showplace and museum giving us an idea of what it was like to work the mines.
Underground were homes, pubs, café’s and
churches – we look forward to worshiping underground in the Catacomb Church
tomorrow.
So lovely to talk to my children and
grandchildren on Skype and catch up on news from home.
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