We were excited to be heading to Cooper Pedy the Opal capital of the world, but it was short lived when we headed out from Port Augusta, we were pulled over by the boys in khaki (not blue).
Actually it was a girl copper, my Darl was not happy Jan – 74 in a 60 zone, just unlucky, only about 100 metres from the 80 zone.
$300+ later and a few more expletives from Darl we were on our way again.
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| Lake Hart on way to Pimba |
Well, when we pulled up at Pimba – Spuds roadhouse, my Darl got some sympathy from big John Barrett, apparently the coppers are notorious for that spot.
Now Spud, dearly departed, built this roadhouse on the Stuart Highway back in 1968 and worked it for 21 years till retirement, helping out numerous stranded motorists and animals, not charging for anything but fuel on Christmas Day. When first built the Stuart Highway was ALL dirt.
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| Enjoying a refresher with John |
We tossed up whether to continue on up the road, go into Woomera (8km away) or stay at the roadhouse for a gold coin donation. We decided to stay at Spuds and luckily as we were settling in, actually I was enjoying a cold drink watching my Darl unpack the rig and I noticed that one of the tyres on the “rig” looked a bit suss. Yep it was knackered with wires showing, Darl did the job and changed the tyre and teed up a better 2nd hand tyre from John (for a gold coin donation).
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| We took over the shelter |
It was extremely hot, the hottest weather for the trip (40+) so, we sat in the shade of the shelter, drank a few coldies and watched the steady flow of cars, rigs, trucks etc., come and go – seems a good little business. A burger and coldie for dinner and a hot shower for $2 all good.
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| It says please shut the gate, but where's the fence?? Confuscious! |
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