We topped our tank water supply, $1 for 40L, plus brought another 15L from IGA, We visited a few Coober Pedy attractions: Big Winch 360, Old Timers Mine, Opal Jewellery (none purchased), Comfort Inn, Coober Pedy views, Coober Pedy Hill Sign and roamed the streets, just looking. Personally, having been raised in a small outback mining town, I had had enough and just wanted to be on my way.
We hit the William Creek Road, which only a few weeks ago was closed, being impassable due to the recent rain having caused havoc with the track, turning it into a mud quagmire. We hoped for the best and found for the most parts a fast hard track. Apart from a few brief sections it passes through a totally flat, treeless, dry plain (desert). We stopped for a cuppa as soon as we came across a few trees. One would not have been able to tell that it had rained a few weeks ago. Totally dry and parched. However, whenever Jane spotted some colour on the ground we had to stop so she could photograph the low growing flowers the result of the recent rains (they were the evidence
