We were up at about 8am this morning, because me, Nikki and Steve had decided that we'd move on from Alice Springs and head for Coober Pedy. We'd already booked our Greyhound tickets, so we checked out of the YHA and were on the bus stop before 10am to catch our bus.
The journey South took a couple of hours and we passed over from the Northern Territory and into Southern Australia. Almost as soon as we did the landscape changed. Southern Australia looked just like i'd imagined the Red Centre would - it was very barren, with just miles and miles of nothing. We made a couple of stops along the way and finally made it in to Coober Pedy at 6pm tonight.
There was a guy from the local hostel waiting on the bus stop, so we checked there was room and then went back with him to Radeka's Downunder Dugout Motel. From the outside the place looked like it was a tiny building, with a big hill behind it, but when we got inside we discovered that it was actually built INTO the hill. The three of us checked into a dorm and were shocked to find that, not only was it over 6 meters UNDERGROUND, but it was just a hole in the wall - that had bunk beds in - THERE WAS NO DOOR!
After sorting out our beds, we went and had some food for our tea and then went for a wander around the hostel, before coming back and chilling out in the (not so private) hole-in-the-wall.
6 meters underground? What are we... moles?
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