Day 12

We left Cobar early this morning, travelling on the Barrier Highway, 260 kms to Wilcannia, then 95kms north to White Cliffs. The road was very flat and sometimes we could see the road straight ahead to the horizon. There was a fair bit of wild life as we drove along ranging from dozens of small lizards on the road, to wild goats, huge wedge tail eagles, kangaroos and the odd emu.



It is very quiet here today, but apparently from November till about March it is quiet because it is too hot. We are lucky as it is only about 23*C. Not a lot to do here but Peter is still trying to find his fortune. These are some pieces of opal Peter found just around the van in the caravan park. The opal here is very translucent with some beautiful pale mauve, green & blue colours in it.


White Cliffs is an opal mining settlement. Because of the heat, the houses, shops and motels are all underground. This is one of the underground galleries we went in to. It was originally an opal mine.


This is the gallery from the outside.


The landscape is sometimes described as "moonscape scenery"



We have come across some interesting signs.








This is the Anglican church at White Cliffs, all handmade from stone gathered from the area.




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Location:White Cliffs