Woomera - Coober Pedy - Alice Springs

After Tony's expertese in spreadsheets & planning 127 days holiday our Itinery changed on day 1....   here we are after a very long day travelling at the Cudgee Bar in the Woomera Caravan Park. Stayed chatting for 2.5 hours with the locals, tourist and manager of the van park.   Think we have settled into travelling already!

Didgeridoo Cafe was an underground coffee shop in Coober Pedy so thought we would give it a go!    After a misunderstanding about wanting to use the toilet before we ordered, we finally ordered a coffee.   This turned out to be the most expensive we have bought $6.50 a cup.   The cafe also had Didgeridoos for sale and opals & as people walked into the shop he turned the lights on & then turned them off when they left so we sat in the dark having our expensive coffee.    1 hour later I bought a paper for Tony to read & later having lunch back at the van realised we had bought yesterdays paper!   I think they all saw us coming, but we are getting better!

Tony thought he would try and play the Didjeridoo..... we thought we deserved it after paying $13 for our coffees, but they were so exspensive here....  up to $1000!!     Tony is looking for something to play around the fire at night!

Spent a day walking around the beautiful Sampson Gap, Serpentine Gorge and Stanley Chasm which were all just out of Alice Springs.    The first photo above is of Sampson Gap.

Stanley Chasm was beautiful but were a little late to see the sun between the gap.   We stayed for a picnic lunch here & met up with a couple in a motohome.   There were mice everywhere here (although we haven't been bothered by them until now!).    One of the mice climbed up the lady's leg while she was eating lunch, so  I was sat on top of the picnic table
so they couldn't get to me!

Alice Springs was very cold at night (0 deg) but the days were sunny & mild.   The electric blanket we bought for this trip has been worth its weight in gold until we camped without power (the hot water bottles had to come out!)