ADELAIDE We arrive in Adelaide bright and early on a Sunday morning, having caught the overnight bus, marvelling at how good it feels to be back in a sensible climate. We figure we'll have a coffee at the bus station cafe whilst waiting for the backpacker receptions to open at 8am. A few hours later and we have found out that we have messed up royally in not pre-booking anywhere in Adelaide for our two day stay there. Under normal circumstances it would ha...

COOBER PEDY If Coober Pedy were a theme park it would state above the entrance 'Welcome to Crazyland'. It's pretty much a 'one street town' but with one big difference, which is that about 50% of the population live underground! Have you ever spent a night in a cave? Neither had we until we came to CP! If that wasn't enough, it is also the Opal Mining Capital of Australia, if not the world. As such the place is filled with people who ...