Woomera to Coober Pedy

We arrived at Woomera mid afternoon, we managed to drive straight past our caravan park, straight into the middle of town and into roadworks...lol

A few detours and u turns later we made it back to our destination for the evening.

To be honest we didn’t do any exploring of Woomera that evening, it was another long drive andwe were ready for a few drinks at the caravan park bar and bed....

The next morning though we headed into town and had a quick look around.

Building at Woomera commenced in the late 1940s to house the people moving to the area for the Anglo-Australian defence project.   At its peak the population reached approx 7000 people. Up until the early 80’s Woomera was a closed town with the General public not being allowed to visit. However since 1982 the public can now visit , however only members of The Australian defence force can permanently reside in Woomera. Sadly we missed out on visiting the museum as we had to get back on the road.

The road to Coober Pedy was pretty long and attimes monotonous but there were a few points of interest. I got to drive over a royal flying doctor emergency airstrip.... sadly gadget was having asnooze so we don’t have any photos. We passed a few lookouts which we stopped and had a look at. The above photo was of the Island lagoon

Above and below are images of  Lake Hart. Lake hart is about 61 square miles and was an important sort of salt .... many years ago

There were quite a few travelers enjoying the free camp here and I can see why, it’s very picturesque .

We arrived at Coober Pedy around midday, we dropped Bridget off and headed into town.

It’s an amazingly different place reminding me alot of Cappadocia in Turkey.  

Apparently 50% of the population live underground and 50% above.  

More about Coober Pedy to come 

À bientôt 

Googy Girl