Thierings on Tour

Everyone was excited to get to Coober Pedy today and so we had a quick brekkie, a few fights about homework and set off.

It was a good and uneventful road, which is all you really want when travelling! However the fuel stop we had planned didn’t eventuate, as the town had no power and the back up generator had also died on them… luckily Mr prepared for all car scenarios had filled up 2 Jerry cans a day ago, but we didn’t actually need them anyway as we rolled into town with a few litres spare in the tank.

As we came into Coober Pedy, the mounds of dirt appeared and the houses disappeared. We had a couple of hours before the underground house would be ready, so we went to check out a couple of opal shops and the playground (of course!).

Then it was a quick visit to the underground museum, learning about the types of opals and some of the conditions miners were (and sometimes still are) exposed to. You certainly wouldn’t want to have been one of the earlier miners being roped through a tiny hole in the ground… 

The house we booked was built into the side of the rock and the girls LOVED it. It certainly wasn’t anything fancy, but the novelty of being somewhere that was built into rock and had no windows in any of the bedrooms was real. Plus it had a fully stocked kids’ room with all the toys, books and bunk beds for Scarly to practice her big girl sleeping before her and Jazzy move in together back at home. 

Being up high, you could see a large portion of the town across the road from the driveway. It’s such a unique and quirky landscape! 

We had planned to eat our favourite lasagne since we would finally have an oven, but unfortunately the gas had run out and we had to postpone our plans. So off we went for dinner with a view on the top of Coober Pedy. It was beautifully warm, hot even, and we were all so excited to finally wear single layers again. Cheers to that. 

Everyone was really full from dinner and the girls were actually excited to go to bed tonight, ha ha. Scarly in particular did so well sleeping in a big girl bed by herself after 6 months of crashing in our bed.

Chris made the most of having space and did an oil change with a view. The night sky was really cool with all the lights lighting up the town.

Kms travelled – 336