OUR WORLD - Andamooka Opal Town

Take the Suart Highway out of Pt.Augusta

drive a few hours then take a right at Pimba.

By this time you're probably hungry

so stop at "Spuds" roadhouse for some chips,

thats French fries in N.America,

we did and they were freshly made and good,

had them on the road.

Pass a few red sand dunes

pass Woomera and turn right again

where the sign says Andamooka

just keep driving

eventually the town floats into view

over the dusty, dry desert plain

there are even diggings among the houses

in any mining town one needs to watch one's step

not only for deep shafts but also 

not to encroach on a ming lease

in the right light, 

the mullock heaps against the blue sky

can look quite spectacular

evening light

and morning light

if you get tired of looking at the horizon 

or digging for opals

or painting or doing your chores

you can always pop into town for a beer or two

who knows, someone may build another bottle house

it's nice and cool in there

or, like me, just watch the rising sun

gild the landscape.

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