After the Breakaways we visit Crocodile Harry’s Nest. His real name was Avid von Blumenthal, a baron from Latvia who fought for Germany in WWII. He came to Australia where he hunted crocodile (some say up to 40 000) for…
Day 240: the Breakaways
The story says that some mountains or hills once broke of the Stuart Ranges and therefore were called the Breakaways. But no Stuart Range in sight… What’s left is definitely impressive.The white people call these two hills “salt ‘n’ pepper”,…
Day 239: Coober Pedy
What a town. 1600 inhabitants, 35 nationalities and 66% live underground. Everywhere you see mining equipment and opal shops, lot of junk and no green. But there’s something magic about this place that catches your heart. We love it. Not…
Day 238: a long drive to Coober Pedy
Time again to sit in the car for hours again. We’re off to the opal mining town Coober Pedy. The road colour changes from grey to red. You can tell you’re getting close by all the gravel piles on both…