This is the amazing shoreline of Lake Hart ... an enormous salt lake .. yup all that whiteness is SALT!! Its a stunning sight!
We parked the car and started walking towards it .. had to walk through a tunnel as the Ghan railway line ran by its side!
Close up of salt crystals .... hardened at the surface ... due to the heavy rainfall over the last few months ...you could see that the lake was getting 'soggy' - and that the moisture was rising to the surface slowly. I collected a small palmful of really dry salt crytals ... my very own authentic salt!!
Gary is kneeling in the old frame of an old launching pad for some huge lah-lah missile when Australia & America & UKwere in cahoots with making rockets & missiles after WWII. I can't remember all the details but will upload some more details and photos when I blog about Woomera.
This sight greets you as you take the turn into Coober Pedy! I believe thats a vacum/dust extractor thingamabob for getting opal crusted rock separated from pure rock .... I think!!
That's the typical scenery of Coober Pedy .... mini hillocks of opal-less dirt! There is obviously proper & correct terminology but .... don't ask me eventhough I was only there last week or was it two weeks ago ... this is what happens when you are on one long holiday ......... who knows what day or time it is!! Except MEAL time!!
This is the famous Catacomb Church ... very lovely and serence ...the only thing that spoilt the effect was it had really daggy plastic chairs for the pews!! It would have been more effective if they had granite hewned pews!! One can hope & visualize!!
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