Just waiting for the bus and a good time to update blog whilst I still have access to wifi.
Good nights sleep to wake to a cold and frosty (near) morning. A good breakfast then off on one of the many guided tours of the town, a morning tour only. Our guide was Rudi, a gent I suspect in his 70's as he has been mining for Opals since 1962.
See Pics.
Landscape around Coober Pedy
Outside of Serbian underground Church
All above, inside the church
Left over mined area now part of town, the place to "noodle" which means pick through the loose stuff to find any opal missed in bulldozing.
Town mine and museum.
How a dugout looked in the 60s
Above, Caretakers quarters Very 70s
mine tunnels
air shaft
The church is rather beautiful with it's ceiling carved from the rock in the circular patterns..
ReplyDelete