17-20 April 2016 - Days 15-18 - Coober Pedy

We got up and the kids wanted to ride their bikes on the salt lake.  So we went for one last walk on the lake and then decided to have a parents verse kids touch football game.  The kids won by 1 point and I think I paid the price for the next 2 days, my legs were aching!!!! But it was heaps of fun.

Drove to Glendambo and filled up with petrol and the kids climbed a windmill on the side of the road.

Arrived at Coober Pedy early afternoon and stayed in a backyard of a really nice guy called Gary.  We had found the camp on a website and everyone was writing awesome reviews about him and the place.  It was a dirt/dust backyard with approx. 8 caravans jambed in tight and you only get charged $5 p/night per family.  We had the best time here and met some really nice people including a lovely family from Cronulla Ryan, Rochelle, Rome, Lennox and Banjo.  We have since met up with them again and spent 3 days together in Ayers Rock.

Had a relaxing afternoon in the camp ground but noticed that we had a cracked windscreen already!!! Not happy but at least no-one is hurt.

Over the next 3 days we visited The Crocodiles Nest, The Old Timers Mine, The Big Winch Lookout, Fayes Homestead, the local swimming pool for a swim, The Kangaroo Sanctuary, the skatepark and The Breakaways for sunset and saw the dog fence .

We tried our hand at Noodling which is opal fossicking and found some nice opals.  We thought we had struck it rich with a piece approx. the size of a prune.  It turns out that it has great colour but is a little crazed and is probably worth around $300 - we are not retiring yet!!!

The school work was hanging over our heads so we visited the Coober Pedy School library and got quite alot done in 2 hours.