We had a bit of a lay in and left Coober Pedy heading towards Quorn. On the way we stopped at an ancient salt lakethat is the remains of an inland sea. To get to the salt lake we had to cross a railway line. This is the railway that goes all the way from Adelaide to Darwin. It looked really straight and just disappeared into the distance in both directions. At the salt lake we took lots of perspective photos. One where we were standing behind our guides hat so it looked like we were popping out the top and some others where it looked like we were standing on the palms of each others hands. After that we carried on and passed through a small place called Glendambo where the population is only 30. Also on our journey we came across the "Dog Fence" It is the longest fence in the world being 5400km long. It goes over 4 states and its purpose is to keep the dingos out of the sheep farming areas. It is just a simple wire fence but it seems to do the job as there are hardly any dingos in the south east of Australia. After that we stopped off at the bottle shop in Port Augusta before arriving in Quorn.

We were staying at a hotel called the Mill which was owned by the tour company. There was another tour group there and Bron had organised them to cook our dinner at the same time as theres. It was to arrive and have dinner ready and waiting for us. It was a BBQ so once again we had camel sausages and buffolo steaks. Bron had also bought us a treat of ice pops for dessert. After dinner we had a few drinks and a nice relaxing evening.

In the morning we had the option of getting up early to go to Warren Gorge to spot yellow footed rock wallabies at sunrise. I chose not to go. Only a few people went and they didnt see any wallabies so I didnt miss anything. The first thing we did do was drive to look at the ruinsof Kanyaka Homestead, an old sheep station and to do a short walk to Yourambulla caves to view some aboriginal rock paintngs. They were much simplier than the rock paintings in Kakadu. We had lunch in the National Park before going for a walk in the Flinders ranges to a place called Wilpena Pound which is a natural amphitheatre located in a huge stone crater. We also learnt the creation story which involved 2 giant snakes making up the walls of the crater. This was also the place where I got poo'ed on by 2 white cockatoo birds in the tree above me, which Kat found hilarious! After the walk we headed back on the bus to the Mill where we spent a 2nd night.

We woke up to a fairly cloudy day but this didnt bother us too much as we were hiking up the Dutchmans Stern. It took about an hour t get to the top of the mountain. Along the way we had to walk through rivers of ants! They were scurrying everywhere and if you stood still they would start crawling over and into your shoes. Eventually we made it to the top where we were rewarded with stunning views of the Flinders ranges. We signed the log book at the top, had a snack and then made our way down. The rest of the day we spent making our way to Adelaide, which was the end of this leg of the tour. This meant some people would be leaving the bus so we arranged a meal for 8pm. However we didnt arrive in Adelaide until 7pm so we tried to make it later but we discovered they have a wierd rule in Adelaide of restaurants not taking orders after 8pm! So 8pm had to do. There was a big queue in the YHA hostel which held us up even more and we werent checked in until 7:30. We quickly showered and got changed and made it there at just gone 8pm.

They were closing so we ended up at the bar next door having a bowl of wedges between 3 of us, and obviously cocktails! Nikki hada friend in Adelaide who recommended we went to the Duke pub. This happened to be near our hostel so off we went. With a bottle of bubbles between 2 we had some drinks and hit the dancefloor waiting for the "sexy and I know it" song we had requested as it had become the theme song of the tour. After that we went to the back to find Nikkis friend. It was an outside area under a wooden gazebo. On the wooden beams were sprinklers that sprayed a fine mist over you while you sat down. We began having a little moan about this to ourselves, especially Nat as she had straightened her hair and the mist would make it curly again. We were calling them stupid when an Australian guy explained that it was to help keep us cool when it is hot. We began chatting. He was called Michael and was from Melbourne and in Adelaide for business as he is a lawyer. He recommended a few things to see and do in Melbourne when we got there. Nat also got chatting to a guy from Melbourne called Jesse. We had a few more drinks, hit the dance floor again before leaving at about 2:30am.

The next day was a free day in Adelaide. We spent it recovering and relaxing. I had a nice breakfast near the ocean and a walk along the pier. I spent some time on the internet and went t get something to eat with the girls. We went to a food court so we all had something different. I had a jacket potato, Nikki and Kat had something Chinese/ Thai and Nat was hungover so had a McDonalds! Back in the hostel we had an evening of doing necessary things such as laundry, showering and packing ready to get back on the tour bus the next morning.