Mon 11 Jul 2011 Coober Pedy

0845 (2703 km) Breakfast of cereal and toast.

Is this Cooper Pedy or from a Star Wars set?

1000 (2704 km) Went to the Catacomb Church, an underground church. There was no one there, we had to turn on the lights and had a look around and took some photos. As we were leaving, some other people arrived and we told them to turn off the lights on their way out. Walked along the main street, visiting opal shops, museum, space ship, visitor centre, ... Space ship? What? Yep, there was an old broken down space ship, as seen in Star Wars.
1330 (2705 km) Had bacon sandwiches with spaghetti and baked beans.
1520 (2705 km) Went noodling - scratching around for opals. Didn't really find too much, just some interesting looking items. The boys found a chunks of gypsum - a type called satin spar - had to google to identify it.
1630 (2705 km) Went to Breakaways. Some of it was dirt road so let the tyres down.
1730 (2744 km) The Breakaways are these bunch of geological formations called mesas. They have a flat top of hard rock and softer layers beneath. There are lots of mesas around the area. This bunch of mesas are called Breakaways as they seem to be out in the middle of nowhere away from the others, as if they had broken away from the others. There is the couple of mesas, a white and yellow one. According to aboriginal beliefs, they represent a white dog and a yellow dog in a dreamtime story. Took lots of photos as the sun set.
1845 (2788 km) Back at Coober Pedy to organise dinner. Had rice with chicken and vegetables.
1900 (2790 km) Filled up and pump up tyres.