A bit of sightseeing!

We left our vans at the caravan park for an early morning drive to Andamooka. It's a small opal mining town about 35kms from Roxby Downs. The opal is closer to the surface than Coober Pedy but not as good in quality (apparently). We saw some fabulous old dwellings from the miners in the early 1900s & also some old machinery.

We were going to head to the mine at Roxby Downs but realised than you can only book a tour on Wednesdays. It's a Uranium mine & I was probably happy to give it a miss.

We then passes through Woomera. Tenae's quote as we drive in...."creepy ghost town No 3". There was mitary testing carried out with the Americans in the 1950s. We were walking down the Main Street & not a car or person in sight. It was like it was abandoned. The area used as the detention centre is just abandoned. There is still a military base but it's obviously not accessible to the public. 

We have stopped for the night at Melrose Showground! There is a BREEZE!!!! And it's COOL!!!