Day 7 : Quorn to Coober Pedy

We had to get up at 4am again.


The goal today: 500km and not in a sports car, in a bus! No matter, the streets anyway limitet to 100km/h.
Our first stop was Womra. It's the Area 51 of Australia. It was once a town for rocket tests. Now there is a open air exhibition of rockets and airplanes.


Our next stop was a saltlake. Unbelievable it's white almost to the horizon.


Then we stopped in the middle of Australia still at nowhere.


And then civilisation again: Coober Pedy, it is known as the "Opal Capital of the World" which produce 80 % of the Opals in the world.
Specially: almost everything is underground. They use the mine machines not just for mines, but also for shops, houses, hotels, ...



It's simple: Outside it could be almost 50 degrees or more. Underground its always about 22 degrees. They drill small holes up to the ground, in addition to the entrance, to ensure the air circulation. My room was about 20m under the ground.