It still felt like night
when we woke at 0730hrs with it being pitch black underground. Eliza and Amara
were having a great time playing on the 'roof'. Watch out for the vent shafts!
After breakfast Siân and Jack started the clothes washing. Jordan did the dishes and then helped with the clothes, while Col and I went grocery shopping.
Col then needed a nap as he has a mild flu. Siân gave him some drugs, so I
didn't even have to get my trusty 1st aid kit down. Leah was about to go and do
some sightseeing without us. I thought it might be fun to spend some quality
time together and asked if she could do her grocery shopping now while Gary
was doing the washing, so that we could all do something together later (gosh
I'm bossy).
After lunch I took everyone
to Umoona 1st as it has a good museum and opal display, then Morgan's took us
to Faye's house for a tour of a house that 3 women dug by hand over a 10 year
period.
Next I wanted to see the
"Breakaways" which is about 20km north of town on a dirt road.
Bugger! We got almost there, but the 2nd dirt road was closed. I was so keen to
get there that I decided to try from the other direction which is up the Stuart
Highway and then in. The others followed which made me happy. The roads were open from the other direction, yay!!
Wow! It blew us away. It
was an amazing vista of colourful mesas. Everyone managed to shift a few of
those driving cobwebs. Jack ran straight down to the valley floor, Gary went
across to an 'island', Eliza and Amara found some caves and Leah got to play
with her camera, with Peter quite taken with her work. Jordan and Siân
were my models, with Jordan and Siân then pretending to fall off a cliff. Siân
had her first drive of a manual (on a dirt road). I just love rocks!
On getting back to Riba's
we realised we had forgotten to top up our water so Col and Gary ducked back
into town. We got the clothes off the line with everyone then grabbing their
own to fold and pack away. Then an early dinner so we'd be on time for the mine
tour.
We all had a chance to use the divining
rod, and having gone in sceptical found that I had the power! My rods would go
crazy everytime I passed the slip! I've had a wonderful day.