Storms Near Pimba

Adelaide to Coober Pedy Sprint

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May 15th 2007
Day 1 started a little slowly but we finally got on the road about 10am. We had forgotten one thing but remembered it in time to turn around and quickly duck home and grab it….with minimal whingeage from the navigator. We watched the storm clouds gather around us the whole way and got hit with a huge storm just out of Pimba. Had to slow right down to about 40km/hour as we could not see in front ... read more

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Coober Pedy

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more