It was really strange
waking up this morning sharing a room with different people. We had to be up
early to meet our new group and tour guide PJ.
We had a long drive to
get to Coober Pedy. En route, we stopped at the border sign between the
Northern Territory and South Australia. It was quite sad to be leaving the NT
as I really enjoyed my time there. I managed to get a photo with my standing in
both states.
One thing I did find
unusual was that you aren’t allowed to carry fruit between state borders due to
fruit flies. So we had to throw away all of our fruit. On the sign there was a
picture of the Stuart Desert Pea, which is the state flower.
We got to Coober Pedy
after a few hours, which is famous worldwide for mining opals. We stopped to
get a photo of the sign but it's so cold we didn’t want to be off the bus for
too long!
Our accommodation was an
underground bunker which I really didn’t like. Most people in Coober Pedy live
underground as the temperature gets so hot during the summers that it is cooler
down there. I hate the idea of being underground so I spent as much time
outside as possible. There was also a mouse in the bunker which some of the
other girls found.
We had a mining tour
booked for the evening but I decided to skip it. Instead I looked around the
museum and at the opal jewelry. We all got to watch a film about how opals
are mined and the history behind their discovery in Australia. Then we were
shown how they mine opals, and turn them into jewelry. I bought a gorgeous opal ring
as a souvenir. I especially wanted one as it’s also my birthstone.
We went out to a pizza
bar in Coober Pedy for dinner. It had the biggest pizzas I’ve ever seen. I
couldn’t eat any, but they did look good.
After dinner we went back
to the bunker. I gradually got used to it and managed to fall asleep but I didn't like it all. Being really tired definitely helped.
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