Try this!

Must find opals!!!

That's IT. THE Coober Pedy airport in its entirety!!

And a view of the front.
Here's what the landscape looks like if you were to turn 360 degrees!

Off on our quest to find the opal that calls to us!

This is a home made mining machine! Great isn't it?

Another opal store. Coober Pedy is FULL, oops I mean chock-a-block of them!

Still looking!!!While Sheryll and I are shopping, the guys are busy taking pics. This is a discarded prop from a movie (I know Russ told me the name of the movie, but.....I've forgotten)

SUCCESS!!!!

And if you are wondering (like I was) What EXACTLY is an opal?

Now that we've found our opals, the guys check out the heavy machinery used to "rob" them of their $$ (LOL)

This machine sucks the rock up out of the miners holes, then the miner can go through the pieces later with a black light, as opal fluoresce under that spectrum of light---that's really sped up the process in modern times.

Granite Island (Victor Harbor) and the penguins!!!

Victor Harbor (south of Adelaide)

King's Beach

City Cat and South Bank

Pavlova--what do you think?

Here's the recipe that I used http://www.joyofbaking.com/Pavlova.html
We thought it was fantastic!

Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary

I hope you know the character on the right.......a kangaroo!!
How lucky to spot a Joey!!
This is a Wombat!

This is a Kookaburra!

These are Lorikeets!

Awww, having a cuddle!

This is bouganvilla!

And the star of the show!!!