Once the windscreen was fixed, we hit the road for Spud’s Roadhouse at Pimba. We don’t like leaving so late in the day, but we weren’t going far and it was a good trip.
Spuds is another great low-cost camp – a donation box is there for the night ($5 is suggested), and hot showers are $2. The hot showers are more than long enough – the girls shared one $2 hit and still had separate, good-length showers. Both of us adults turned the showers off before our time ran out.
The toilets here are great, there’s heaps of bins, plenty of picnic tables and some BBQs – incredible for $5 donation.
Hi, Emily here! What I like about Spuds is the exercise equipment (I call it the play equipment) because I love playgrounds!
We’ve been on the lookout for mozzie nets – comparing prices at different spots ($10 at Broken Hill, $15 at Silverton!) and picked up two here for $7.50 each – winning! We grabbed some hot chips to have with our home cooked burgers for dinner.
To no one’s surprise we also had a bit of rain here, but nothing too extreme and it made for a stunning sunset.
The next morning we hit the road for a big day of driving but we rewarded for it! Garth had found an affordable ($30/night inc power, water and facilities) camp site in Coober Pedy with good reviews for the night. Like Port Augusta, we’ll be back here so we just needed something simple.
Tomcat Hill exceeded all expectations! The showers and toilets were excellent, but it was the location and the atmosphere that blew us away.
We were camped on the side of a hill that was an old Opal mine. The views were incredible and almost like a moon scape.
The photos we took just don’t do it justice – my only complaint is that it’s got Garth wishing he hadn’t listened to me when I told him a small drone wasn’t worth it!
Each night the communal campfire is lit and the campers bring their chairs, drinks, marshmallows and stories along. I don’t know if we just got lucky that night or if it’s something about this spot, but we could have spent a week with this group and not have run out of things to chat about. Such a great night!
For many, Coober Pedy is their first Opal mining town, for us it was like stepping back to our time in Lightning Ridge – we can’t wait to go back and explore.
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