Dagur/Day 12 - Coober Pedy to Port Augusta

Vid komum til Coober Pedy um sjo leytid og fundum motelid fljotlega. Thetta hotel er allt inni namu sem hefur verid holud ut ur hol. Thetta er allt gert ur holudum sandsteini thannig ad veggirnir eru allir heilir. Mjog ahugavert ad sofa i thessum herbergjum. Vid fengum okkur kvoldmat a Griskum veitingastad og var hann agaetur. Um morguninn fengum vid okkur morgunverd a motelinu. Morgunverdur var i helli a naestu haed fyrir nedan herbergin. Vid forum svo af stad og skodudum alvoru opal namu og safn. Thar fengum vid ad leyta ad opal steinum og eiga thad sem madur finnur. Linda fann stein med opal litum og er mjog anaegd med sig. Vid fylltum tankana og forum svo afstad til Port Augusta. Komum hingad rett fyrir sex og erum buin ad koma okkur fyrir. Erum ad fa okkur ad borda og forum svo snemma ad sofa. A morgun forum vid afram til Broken Hill.

(English) We arrived at Coober Pedy around seven. Chris had called the Motel in advance to warn them that we would arrive later. We found it with the help of the GPS, as it was already dark. From the outside it didn't look much, just a front at the bottom of a steep hill. Once inside, we realised that the whole motel was cut out of sandstone as it had been an opal mine. The temperature was constant, but it was interesting to see how they had resolved issues such as plubming etc. We went and found a Greek restaurant and had a mixed Greek grill. The food was surprisingly fine for such an outback location. We then went back to the motel whereby I updated the blog before going to bed. In the morning we had breakfast in the Motel in one of the underground chambers. We then checked out and went to a nearby mining museum. We donned our hard hats and crawled through it, looking at how Opals are made and even saw a few priceless seams in the sandstone. Once done we tanked up and left for Port Augusta. On the way we met a number of road trains carrying houses. A couple were so big, they had a police car in front to force every car coming opposite off the road. We arrived at the camping site just before dark. We set up camp and the Anderson checked into a cabin. We are now in their cabin having dinner. This place has wireless internet, thus this update. Tomorrow we head out to Broken Hill.