Covespot 4 - Wallaby 3

Sunset at the Kulgera Pub, first and last pub in the NT. Coober Pedy to Alice Once we had completed being “dustbusters” (Dallas) in the van and then replaced all of the underfloor van plumbing pipes together with 4 cabinet catches (Pete) we were ready to move on. We had a look down the Coober Pedy main street for Dallas’s favourite vanilla slice (best in Australia?) but the guy had to move out of town quickly, or, so we were told. Quite disappointing! We filled the van with $3.00 worth of fresh water and bought some deep sea flathead from a fish monger on the side of the road. His fish was from Pt Lincoln and all freshly frozen. Within about two and half hours were in Marla for lunch. After this we drove on to Kulgera, the first and last pub in NT , arriving at about 3.30pm. So we checked into the Pub caravan Park for the night at $25.00. Once settled we went to the Kulgera Pub for the Happy Hour. The pub was packed out with many travellers and one group of motor...

The Farina Underground Bake House   Farina , Marree, the Oodnadatta Track and William Creek Next morning with the cable repaired we drove back into Copley where we had this professionally replaced. However, they were suitably impressed with my repair work which gave us all lights and power to the van. After Copley we drove to Leigh Creek for more supplies and then on to Farina. Farina is the old Leigh Creek where the original Gahn train passed through on its way from Darwin to Adelaide. In fact the Gahn stopped there in the initial stages. There is a very enthusiastic group of volunteers gradually restoring this old town. To learn more of this great project go to the Farina web site . The same group has also established an Anzac Memorial at the camp site commemorating this small SA towns commitment to WW I and II, there is an Anzac service there every second year. If you are ever passing through it is worth a stop over for the camp site and their famous undergr...