We arrived in Coober Pedy early Sunday afternoon, and were a bit dismayed. The roads were uneven and badly paved - those that were paved at all. Half the roads in town were dirt. The main road had a myriad of signs advertising various businesses, but it was obvious that many had closed down years ago, and were covered with graffiti and signs of vandalism. Those that seemed to be still in business were also mostly closed. This may have just been because it was Sun...

Beautiful sunset over Andamooka that evening. Had another surreptitious coffee the next morning before bidding a reluctant farewell to Andamooka. As we headed back towards the Stuart Highway the first port of call was Roxby Downs, the town that belonged to the Olympic Dam mine. The company had built this town for its workers, and it was well built, clean, with all the services you could ever need. But apart from that there was not much to it, and not much to see...