{"id":37646,"date":"2025-08-29T09:03:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T23:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=37646"},"modified":"2025-08-29T09:03:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T23:03:20","slug":"cooper-pedy-south-australia-%f0%9f%87%a6%f0%9f%87%ba-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=37646","title":{"rendered":"Cooper Pedy, South Australia \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date: 22-25th August 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled: 340 kms from Ayers Rock to Cooper Pedy  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited: Cooper Pedy  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: Opal Inn CP, $37.50 pn, S29.01456, E134.75472  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Escaping Ayers Rock its another long drive east for the Stuart Highway turning south at Ghan we stop for the night some 50 kms later at a free stop. We share the spot with several other campers and 500k flies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After another quiet evening we continue south on the Stuart. Stopping for fuel at Kulgera Roadhouse you get the feel of roadhouse culture in the NT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The road is relatively quiet and considering we are 300 kilometres from anywhere, in good condition. In the distance we see a black bird standing on some road kill in the opposite side of the road. Just another crow, shit that\u2019s a big crow it suddenly occurs to me, it was an eagle getting up just in time to suicide into the drivers rear vision mirror assembly and rip it straight off the Jayco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We pull into a rest area 20 kms later at Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara for the night. I get the Starlink going and start trying to work out a replacement mirror. It\u2019s a great stop a few hundred metres from the main railway line. Mind you we spent the night alone our first spooky free stop this trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After waiting for the Ghan to pass, for a while, we ready the Jayco and hit the road another 300 kilometre drive we see the first obvious sign of Cooper Pedy. Small and large mounds of rubble showing where the search for opals has occurred. Twenty kms later we roll into town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We soon find our spot in the Opal Inn CP, it certainly nothing special but our booking comes with two drink vouchers at the pub ..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The wind is up as is the dust, it\u2019s not pleasant out there and it\u2019s even worse on our second day in Cooper Pedy so the following photos are a compilation of two days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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