This Australia just keeps getting better & better Almost ready to move on sadly
We have really enjoyed the stay here & if people are prepared to look around there is lots to see in this unique town.I have posted some pics of the surrounding area and will add more in the next day ot 2.Too many pics to put one page double click the pictures to get better views Hope you enjoy as much as we do !!
Australian songs (click the BLUE title) Let me know IF the music works? I’m playing around
He had a wicked sense of Humour. my kinda guy !
Pub With No Beer
Tour operators words
Sun Arise
He carved out by himself
Whats My Scene
Tour operators words
Wings of an Eagle
Mad Max stuff all made by Harry
Tie Me Kangaroo Down
In all our travels have yet to see traditionl owner !!
The Opal Capital of the world !! Coober Pedy
some introduction first Coober Pedy, Aboriginal words “kupa piti”, commonly assumed to mean “white man in a hole”. Films such as Mad Max 3,Pitch Black (Van Diesel)Stark,Priscilla Queen of the Desert,Red Planet and lots of others made here The surrounding area is full of mining holes & people have been killed by falling down them !! We were taken into the mounds & did a bit of fossicking (noodling) Annie found some opal remnants and allowed to keep them.60% of the locals live in houses that have been hacked out of the stone Churches,hotels ( complete with swimming pool !!) are built under ground (average temp even when in the high 40s is 26 C) Dogs roam the streets and nobody seems to care! Water for our bus comes from a tank on the edge of town and is NOT free.We were given a Demo of a machine that “sucks” rocks etc. from the created holes and they are VERY powerful (Annie wouldnt put her arm into the tube to test its ferocity !!) We did a tour of an area that was created by a man simply known as Crocodile Harry who was infatuated with ladies boobs (he died in 2006 aged 85) his magnificnt cave work/art is testimony to that .The ceilings are covered with ladies knickers (apparently conquests over the years) and nude statues abound within the caves.Outside the cave it is strewn with old rusting machinery & cars (used in Mad Max 3) I was absolutely intrigued by this place and didn’t want to leave !! we were driven to a place high up and the landscape before us was breath taking ( pix will be put on my blog BUT don’t do justice to the actual depth of the beauty) Then we moved onto the DINGO fence ( around 5000kms) to stop dogs crossing from cattle country (North) into sheep country (South) The one & only pub is very friendly (inc pokies,TAB,Keno) & the meals are HUGE & inexpensive We intended ONE night only here but stayed 3 We met up with avery nice couple,had a meal & few drinks with them and discovered they live 2 kms from us in Bassendean !!! Definately a must see & tour place
Coober Pedy First look
arrived at Coober Pedy spent the morning in Centrelink providing MORE paperwork in an attempt to get a pension !!! I had to take my laptop AND printer into CL office to print out my last TAX statement !! Should have come to Oz in a boat then I wouldnt have any problems !! Only managed a couple of pics today as Annie insisted we go to the Pub !! she s addicted to Keno & one armed bandits !! Think I,ll have to take her bush for a few days in the hope she is cured !!!! for those of you who are religious> dont look !!!
Watch me play Didgeridoo
Geoffs Life After Work ! 