For starters; this is an awesome group I'm travelling with. Everyone gets along, has fun, and it's a bunch of completely random people. Really cool that it just works that way :)
Back to the tour - we were staying in Marla, drove down to Coober Pedy, famous in Australia for its Opal mining. Got to see the national symbol of South Australia; the south australian pea, and trust me, it looks nothing like a dutch pea. Another awesome part of Coober Pedy is that because it might freeze in winternights, and gets up to 50C in the summer all the houses are built below the ground. From cavelike bunks from the old days to huge luxurious villas - they've got them all!
We did a tour through the Opal Mines, and after that got to 'noodle' around for some opals ourselves - harder then I thought it would be. Searching through huge loads of rockdust for a little glimmer. After that went in to see a "kangaroo-daycare-centre" with cute little joeys and big kangaroos licking your arm (cuz you're salty, not because they like you). Then on to the local pub - play foosball and airhockey, and planned that we'd have a reunion someday, somewhere - Amsterdam perhaps? :P
Spent most of the next day driving down to Flinders Range. Around noon past a huge salt lake, where there have been rocket tests as well, but now it was mainly just sightseeing. Took some fun perspective-distorted pictures, and were just in awe of how big and empty this was - and snuck out some red sand to take back home as well...sorry, couldn't resist. Spent the evening doing "truth or dare" and getting a few good laughs at that.
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