DAY 19 COOBER PEDY-WILLIAM CREEK

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We topped our tank water supply, $1 for 40L, plus brought another 15L from IGA, just-in-case! We visited a few Coober Pedy attractions: Big Winch 360, Old Timer’s Mine, Opal Jewellery (none purchased), Comfort Inn, Coober Pedy views, Coober Pedy Hill Sign and roamed the streets, just looking. Personally, having been raised in a small outback mining town, I had had enough and just wanted to be on my way.

We hit the William Creek Road, which only a few weeks ago was closed, being impassable due to the recent rain having caused havoc with the track, turning it into a mud quagmire. We hoped for the best and found for the most parts a fast hard track. Apart from a few brief sections it passes through a totally flat, treeless, dry plain (desert). We stopped for a cuppa as soon as we came across a few trees. One would not have been able to tell that it had rained a few weeks ago. Totally dry and parched. However, whenever Jane spotted some colour on the ground we had to stop so she could photograph the low growing flowers … the result of the recent rains (they were the evidence it had rained a few weeks back).

Reaching William Creek, we called it a day and took our time setting up camp.

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