N: The first few days were pretty good especially the first day because the driving went really quickly, but there was nothing really special about our first night in Lyrup flats national park except for the scenery which was flat and but contained lot of bird life, mum also spotted a fish, carp probably which inspired me to have a bit of dangle unsuccessfully.
It is roughly 600ks from Kyabram to Lyrup flats and is about 90ks out of Morgan where we originally planned to stay on our first night.
The next days drive was shorter but less to get excited about because the landscape got a lot flatter and pretty much consisted of saltbush dirt and a little bit of sand.
Our plan of the day was to stay in Parachilna but on arriving at the town we found that all accommodation was booked out by a group of 200 American tourists which left us annoyed and on a dark road against dad rules (no driving in the dark to avoid a collision with any wildlife mainly Kangaroos) so we went onto our original plan to go on to Leigh Creek 35 Ks on.
We ended up staying in a motel because it was to dark to set up the Camper trailer; it also gave us the advantage to leave earlier in the morning.
We set off the next day to coward springs which was only a short drive compared to the other days but was on a dirt track from Lyndhurst 36 Ks out of
The next town on from
After setting up the camper trailer we indulged ourselves in a natural spa before having a fire heated dinner and damper.
In the morning we rebuilt the fire and experimented with an old sandwich maker which produced 3 fine toasted sandwiches.
We headed of to Coober Pedy where we are staying now in the oasis caravan park. Where we have explored a opal mine and the local shops, the town is said to be the opal capital of
