The drive back to Coober Pedy from Alice Springs was pretty boring, but we tried a variation on an old game to entertain us. Instead of "spot the emu" or "spot the goat", we played "spot the desert pea". Unfortunately there was only one patch of them, about 70kms north of Marla. So that game didn't last very long. We stopped overnight at Marryat Creek rest area again and met some nice people from Kingston in South Australia who we might catch up with again later....

Coober Pedy We were sooooo glad to see Coober Pedy!!! After surviving the gravel/sand/potholes/rock-boulders of the Oodnadata and William Creek tracks, the bitumen was a welcome sight. But Coober Pedy is a complex town and perhaps not the most welcoming at first glance. Dirty, dusty, shop windows barred up and dogs roaming the streets. The caravan park we stayed at locked their gates (and therefore us inside) from 10pm to 6am. It looks like a WILD wild west town...