DSC_0009.JPG=Stuart Highway from Port Augusta to Coober Pedy through the Simpson Desert.
DSC_0148.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Watch your step in the "Seventeen Mile Fields" area.
01CooberPedyPan09.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Town views from "The Big Winch" lookout. (panorama)
01CooberPedy15.jpg=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Carvings in walls of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
03Uluru1.jpg=After Coober Pedy, South Australia; Kulgera roadhouse and hotel.
DSC_0190.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; The "Breakaways".
01CooberPedyPan30.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Serbian Orthodox Church. (panorama)
DSC_0091.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Opal mining "Blower" at the town entrance.
DSC_0159.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; These very twisted trees are common at the "Breakaways".
25CooberPedy1.jpg=Stuart Highway from Port Augusta to Coober Pedy through the Simpson Desert.
DSC_0001.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; The underground Catacomb Church.
01CooberPedy.jpg=Coober Pedy, South Australia; The underground Catacomb Church.
DSC_0023a.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; The underground Catacomb Church ventilation shafts.
DSC_0141.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; On our afternoon/evening tour a trip through the "Seventeen Mile Fields" area.
DSC_0153.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Next, the stunning "Breakaways" on our afternoon/evening tour.
01CooberPedy8.jpg=Coober Pedy, South Australia; On our afternoon/evening tour a trip through the early Umoona Opal mine.
DSC_0237.JPG=Leaving Coober Pedy, South Australia; Larger scale open cut Opal mining along the Stuart Highway.
DSC_0142.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; On our afternoon/evening tour a trip through the "Seventeen Mile Fields" area.
01CooberPedyPan19.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; On our afternoon/evening tour a trip through the "Seventeen Mile Fields" area. (panorama)
Collages.jpg=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Natural sandstone walls and ceilings inside the Serbian Orthodox Church.
DSC_0087.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Coober Pedy main street.
DSC_0176.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; The "Breakaways".
DSC_0197.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; The "Breakaways".
02LeavingCPPan01.JPG=Leaving Coober Pedy, South Australia; Opal mine tailings along the Stuart Highway.
DSC_0023.JPG=Stuart Highway from Port Augusta to Coober Pedy through the Simpson Desert.
01CooberPedyPan13.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; IGA store wall art in the main street. (panorama)
DSC_0135.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; "Breakaways" painting in the Umoona Opal museum.
DSC_0173.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; The "Breakaways".
DSC_0149.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; On our afternoon/evening tour a trip through the "Seventeen Mile Fields" area.
DSC_0196.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; The "Breakaways".
DSC_0233.JPG=Leaving Coober Pedy, South Australia; Opal mine tailings along the Stuart Highway.
DSC_0181.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; The "Breakaways".
DSC_0109.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; On our afternoon/evening tour a trip through the early Umoona Opal mine.
DSC_0057a.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; An eccentric Asian miner's artwork on top of one of the town's mined hills.
DSC_0070.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Opal mining tailings heaps.
01CooberPedy7.jpg=Coober Pedy, South Australia; On our afternoon/evening tour an early underground "home".
01CooberPedyPan29.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; The "Breakaways". (panorama)
DSC_0032.JPG=Stuart Highway from Port Augusta to Coober Pedy through the Simpson Desert; crossing over the Ghan railway line.
DSC_0130.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Painting in the Umoona Opal museum.
DSC_0010.JPG=Stuart Highway from Port Augusta to Coober Pedy through the Simpson Desert.
DSC_0210.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Natural sandstone walls and ceilings inside the Serbian Orthodox Church.
25CooberPedy3.jpg=Stuart Highway from Port Augusta to Coober Pedy through the Simpson Desert; a little scary, a combined thunderstorm and dust storm.
DSC_0178crop.jpg=Coober Pedy, South Australia; The "Breakaways".
01CooberPedyPan28.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; The "Breakaways". (panorama)
DSC_0044.JPG=Stuart Highway from Port Augusta to Coober Pedy through the Simpson Desert; a little scary, a combined thunderstorm and dust storm.
DSC_0036.JPG=Stuart Highway from Port Augusta to Coober Pedy through the Simpson Desert; fuel and lunch stop at Glendambo.
02KulgeraPan01.JPG=After Coober Pedy, South Australia; Kulgera roadhouse and hotel. (panorama)
01CooberPedy11.jpg=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Wildflowers at the "Breakaways".
01CooberPedyPan08.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Town views from "The Big Winch" lookout. (panorama)
DSC_0169.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; The "Breakaways".
01CooberPedyPan05.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Underground living beneath this hill and the town centre in the background. (panorama)
03Uluru2.jpg=After Coober Pedy, South Australia; Kulgera roadhouse and their "boot tree".
DSC_0120.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; On our afternoon/evening tour a trip through the early Umoona Opal mine.
DSC_0083crop.jpg=Coober Pedy, South Australia; IGA store wall art in the main street.
DSC_0090.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Opal mining "Blower" at the town entrance.
03Uluru3.jpg=After Coober Pedy, South Australia; Approaching the Northern Territory border we had a one night stopover at an interesting spot called Kulgera.
01CooberPedyPan24.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; The "Breakaways". (panorama)
01CooberPedy3.jpg=Coober Pedy, South Australia; An eccentric Asian miner's artwork on top of one of the town's mined hills.
01CooberPedyPan22.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; The "Breakaways". (panorama)
DSC_0170.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; The "Breakaways".
DSC_0124crop.jpg=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Opal bearing seam in the Umoona Opal mine.
DSC_0231.JPG=Leaving Coober Pedy, South Australia; Opal mine tailings along the Stuart Highway.
25CooberPedyPan02a.JPG=Stuart Highway from Port Augusta to Coober Pedy through the Simpson Desert; a little scary, a combined thunderstorm and dust storm. (panorama)
DSC_0209.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Natural sandstone walls and ceilings inside the Serbian Orthodox Church.
DSC_0116.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; On our afternoon/evening tour a trip through the early Umoona Opal mine.
01CooberPedyPan11.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Town views from "The Big Winch" lookout. (panorama)
25CooberPedy.jpg=Stuart Highway from Port Augusta to Coober Pedy through the Simpson Desert; Salt lakes.
DSC_0038.JPG=Stuart Highway from Port Augusta to Coober Pedy through the Simpson Desert; about 100km or so south of Coober Pedy we started to experience a combined thunderstorm and dust storm.
03Uluru4.jpg=After Coober Pedy, South Australia; Kulgera roadhouse and hotel.
DSC_0035.JPG=Stuart Highway from Port Augusta to Coober Pedy through the Simpson Desert; fuel and lunch stop at Glendambo.
DSC_0021.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; The underground Catacomb Church ventilation shaft tops
01CooberPedy2.jpg=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Underground living with mining equipment parked outside the home.
DSC_0214.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Natural sandstone walls and ceilings inside the Serbian Orthodox Church.
02KulgeraPan02.JPG=After Coober Pedy, South Australia; Kulgera sunrise with a fingernail moon. (panorama)
01CooberPedy14.jpg=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Part of the dog fence.
DSC_0136.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Coober Pedy golf course doesn't have greens - on the "blacks" signs still say "keep off the grass".
DSC_0220.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Next, On our afternoon/evening tour we visited the underground Serbian Orthodox Church.
DSC_0057.JPG=Nearing Coober Pedy, South Australia; iron ore mining.
DSC_0066crop.jpg=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Opal mining blower viewed from "The Big Winch" lookout.
01CooberPedyPan17.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; On our afternoon/evening tour a trip through the "Seventeen Mile Fields" area. (panorama)
DSC_0007.JPG=On the Stuart Highway from Port Augusta to Coober Pedy is 540km of Simpson Desert country.
02KulgeraPan03.JPG=After Coober Pedy, South Australia; Kulgera sunrise. (panorama)
DSC_0123crop.jpg=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Opal bearing seam in the Umoona Opal mine.
01CooberPedyPan07.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Town centre. (panorama)
DSC_0089a.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Opal mining "Blower" at the town entrance.
25CooberPedyPan01ENH.jpg=Stuart Highway from Port Augusta to Coober Pedy through the Simpson Desert; a little scary, a combined thunderstorm and dust storm. (panorama)
01CooberPedy12.jpg=Coober Pedy, South Australia; The "Breakaways".
25CooberPedy5.jpg=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Town welcome and Opal mining tailings heaps.
DSC_0029.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Underground living.
DSC_0144.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; On our afternoon/evening tour a trip through the "Seventeen Mile Fields" area.
01CooberPedyPan27.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; The "Breakaways". (panorama)
DSC_0056.JPG=Nearing Coober Pedy, South Australia; iron ore mining.
DSC_0219.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Natural sandstone walls and ceilings inside the Serbian Orthodox Church.
DSC_0086.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Police in the main street interviewing Aboriginals unlawfully carrying a carton of beer. Local laws bar them from buying "take away" alcohol supposedly to reduce alcoholism and domestic violence.
01CooberPedyPan20.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; The "Breakaways" (panorama)
01CooberPedyPan06.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Underground living. (panorama)
DSC_0213.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; The entire Serbian Orthodox Church is carved underground into solid rock.
01CooberPedyPan25.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; The "Breakaways". (panorama)
03Uluru.jpg=After Coober Pedy, South Australia; Kulgera roadhouse and hotel.
DSC_0211.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Natural sandstone walls and ceilings inside the Serbian Orthodox Church.
DSC_0027.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Underground living with mining equipment parked outside the home.
01CooberPedyPan10.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Town views from "The Big Winch" lookout. (panorama)
01CooberPedyPan14.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Mural at the town entrance. (panorama)
25CooberPedy6.jpg=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Opal mining and "Underground Living".
DSC_0055.JPG=Stuart Highway from Port Augusta to Coober Pedy through the Simpson Desert; a little scary, a combined thunderstorm and dust storm.
DSC_0154.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; The "Breakaways" are what we have seen called Jump-Ups elsewhere and are caused when hard rock mesas are left behind after the softer low areas have been eroded.
DSC_0054.JPG=Stuart Highway from Port Augusta to Coober Pedy through the Simpson Desert; a little scary, a combined thunderstorm and dust storm.
01CooberPedyPan03.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; The underground Catacomb Church. (panorama)
DSC_0030.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Underground living beneath this hill and the town centre in the background.
DSC_0043ENH.jpg=Stuart Highway from Port Augusta to Coober Pedy through the Simpson Desert; a little scary, a combined thunderstorm and dust storm.
DSC_0118.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; On our afternoon/evening tour a trip through the early Umoona Opal mine.
25CooberPedy4.jpg=Stuart Highway from Port Augusta to Coober Pedy through the Simpson Desert; a little scary, a combined thunderstorm and dust storm.
25CooberPedy2.jpg=Stuart Highway from Port Augusta to Coober Pedy through the Simpson Desert; Salt lakes.
DSC_0028.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Underground living with mining equipment parked outside the home.
01CooberPedy6.jpg=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Derelict mining equipment in the main street.
01CooberPedy4.jpg=Coober Pedy, South Australia; An eccentric Asian miner's artwork on top of one of the town's mined hills.
01CooberPedy1.jpg=Coober Pedy, South Australia; The underground Catacomb Church.
01CooberPedyPan15.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; An old mining claim at the town entrance. (panorama)
01CooberPedyPan26.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; The "Breakaways". (panorama)
01CooberPedyPan12.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Opal Factory in the main street. (panorama)
01CooberPedy13.jpg=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Next, On our afternoon/evening tour after the "Breakaways" we were shown part of the dog fence that stretches 5,300km through Qld/NSW/SA, built to keep dingoes out of the sheep country.
01CooberPedy10.jpg=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Umoona Opal museum.
DSC_0066.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Opal mining and "Underground Living".
DSC_0022.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; The underground Catacomb Church.
DSC_0033.JPG=Stuart Highway from Port Augusta to Coober Pedy through the Simpson Desert; crossing over the Ghan railway line.
DSC_0178.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; The "Breakaways".
01CooberPedyPan18.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; On our afternoon/evening tour a trip through the "Seventeen Mile Fields" area. (panorama)
DSC_0188.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; The "Breakaways".
01CooberPedy5.jpg=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Town views from "The Big Winch" lookout.
01CooberPedyPan16.JPG=Coober Pedy golf course, South Australia; We were told that the club has reciprocal rights with St Andrews, so for the golfers out there, join at Coober Pedy and play at one of the most iconic clubs in the world next time you're in Glasgow. (panorama)
DSC_0098.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Our afternoon/evening tour started at the Desert Cave Hotel.
DSC_0024.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; The underground Catacomb Church ventilation shafts.
01CooberPedyPan23.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; The "Breakaways". (panorama)
01CooberPedyPan01.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; The underground Catacomb Church. (panorama)
DSC_0020.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Underground living.
01CooberPedyPan04.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Town centre. (panorama)
01CooberPedy9.jpg=Coober Pedy, South Australia; On our afternoon/evening tour a trip through the early Umoona Opal mine.
DSC_0236.JPG=Leaving Coober Pedy, South Australia; Opal mine tailings along the Stuart Highway.
DSC_0223.JPG=Leaving Coober Pedy, South Australia; Opal mine tailings along the Stuart Highway.
DSC_0137.JPG=Coober Pedy, South Australia; Coober Pedy golf course doesn't have greens - we called them "blacks".
