{"id":5557,"date":"2018-05-29T20:17:17","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T00:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sunflowerit.ca\/travel\/auto-draft\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T10:03:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T14:03:56","slug":"driving-to-the-great-australian-outback-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sunflowerit.ca\/travel\/other-trips\/trips-ocenia\/australia-2018\/driving-to-the-great-australian-outback-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Driving to the great Australian Outback \u2013 Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

2018.04.05 \u2013 Alice Springs \u2013 Coober Pedy (AU) [690 kms] \u2013 We left our backpacker oasis at the crack of dawn. We stopped at McDonald\u2019s for a quick breakfast and some lattes for the road. We felt a bit less stressed now as we were driving back towards Melbourne. The thought of a car breakdown in the middle of the Outback was always in our mind. We stopped at a few rest areas along the way for some photo opportunities. We had been looking forward, since our camping in Yulara, to our stay at the comfortable B&B in Coober Pedy. Upon arriving in town, we fueled up the car. We stopped for a short visit at the Umoona Opal Mine and Museum. We bought groceries for our evening meal cooking at our B&B. After checking into our accommodation, we did some clothes washing while enjoying the relaxing environment of our underground B&B. We also really appreciated our own cooked meal.<\/p>\n\n\n