Travelogues Coober Pedy

After a quiet night with lots of sleep Stuart was ready to go looking for opals. There is a "public noodling" area in Coober Pedy where everybody is allowed to look for opal...

It is time to explore the desert, more precisely making our way up to the Opal City Coober Pedy. Stuart is happy to be back on the Stuart Highway. First stop on the drive is...

We visited Coober Pedy, which has become known for opal mining and is surrounded by numerous opal mines and claims.

27.02. 2023 from Port Augusta to Coober Pedy I know, for anyone looking at the map, this 568 km long stretch is too much, but there is a lot to see, however little or no hiking....

We have driven over 2000 kilometers since leaving Darwin. Then suddenly we are stopped by the fire brigade and told that the only highway down south is closed due to a staged...

According to the original plan, there should have been a report about our second Outback route (Coober Pedy -> Lake Eyre -> Flinders Ranges) by now. Unfortunately, we had...

We all slept very well and didn't wake up until 8 o'clock. It is already quite warm outside. Even during the night, it was 32 degrees. I march to the roadhouse to update our...

Since we had heard about Moon Plain, we wanted to go there. Unfortunately, there were no tours because the road was not passable due to the rain in the previous days. However,...

The original idea was to go to the climbing park on the coast in Adelaide. Unfortunately, we didn't book in advance and therefore didn't have the opportunity to climb, as this...

Today we said goodbye to Louisa, Ingrid, and Eckard, Martje's Australian family branch, and with that, we also bid farewell to our beloved home in Little Hampton near Adelaide....

Between Port Augusta and Alice Springs (the middle of the Outback) there is not much, and since we decided to visit two friends in Alice Springs, who unfortunately will be...

This morning we visited the Breakaways near Coober Pedy (a huge crater) and enjoyed an incredible view