Australia 2

Larger pict.? Click right here. Ayers rock (Uluru)

According to what I have heard this rock should be stunning at sunset or sunrise, but my car wouldn´t start at 5am.; it was also too cloudy and raining (for 3 days). So all I got was this photo, as a memory of driving 1000 miles to see a rock, which was closed for climbing because the rain had made it slippery

Larger pict.? Click right here. I allmost ran over this lizard with my car. It just stood there on the road, when I was leaving Ayers rock.
I can´t remember the name of the lizard, but it´s a speed runner; boy can it run fast. Looking at it through the camera, it was far away, but damn I could run, when it made a WHIZZ sound and ran towards me.
Golfcourse at Cooper Pedy Yep ! Of course! Or should I say Golf course. A golf range in the middle of the desert.

Cooper Pedy (which mean: "White man´s hole in ground") is one big swich cheese, so why not a couple of holes just for fun. This place is known by its Opal mines. The town and the area around it are lying on a old inland ocean. Shells and other sea animals died and created the layers of opals on the bottom.

Opal mineing It is through holes like this the Opals are mined.
A maskine digs trough the ocean floor parallel to the surface and this "dust-cleaner" gets the material to the surface. The mining takes place about 60 feet under and should pay off really well.

But where do the miners spend their money ?  I don´t know, cause I couldn´t find anything to do for fun in this city.

Crocodile Harry´s dugout Yeah ! Maybe building a home... underground.

 60-70 feet below street level, it was possible to rent a bed for the night and sleep undisturbed whithout seeing any daylight.

Crocodile Harry´ dogout, he lives in the mine that he still works in. Maybe you can recognize the place ? It was used as a location in the movie "Mad Max III", (the one with Tina Turner).

Harry´s bedroom Harry´s bedroom.

If you are a "shiela" and visited Harry´ bedroom, then you probably also signed his wall. He couldn´t say how many autographs he´s got, but make a bid if you dare.

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