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Coober Pedy, South Australia
Firstly, thanks everyone for the messages you've been posting! It's great for all of us to hear from our friends.
Easy start to today with yummy pancakes for breakfast. We dropped Dad off at the Coober Pedy Golf Course and ventured to the public noodling area (noodling is where you sift through the discarded mullock (ie, dirt) for opals). We had better luck at the Old Timer's Mine and the kids got some nice colourful 'opals'. Up the road was "The Big Winc...