Maisie-Life Underground

Talk about something different for a change... We camped underground at Coober Pedy!!! 

The first thing I noticed when we entered Coober Pedy were all the mounds of dirt. They are like all the little balls crabs make that you see on the beach. We also saw heaps of signs warning people not to walk backwards in case you fell down a hole. 

The campground claimed it was the only underground camping place in the world!! I didn't believe the statement, I was almost positive there was another underground place in Coober Pedy let alone the whole world! It was 40 degrees above ground and 25 degrees under ground. We didn't even have to put up our tent we just slept on our mattresses. The lady warned us that during the day even if you turn the cold tap on it can be boiling. We went for a tour of an opal mine and I learnt heaps. Because we were so far south and in daylight savings, it only got dark at about 8:00pm! We enjoyed playing hide and seek underground because  it was really quite dark and there were all the passages that linked up. I thought it was pretty scary. Milla said she felt like she was in a jail. There was this TV room but the TV didn't have any kids channels so we were stuck watching the news for half an hour while dad did some photo editing. 

Milla had this massive tantrum because mum couldn't get Derek (Her bedtime toy) from the pod and this man snored really loudly all night. Harvey drank heaps of coca cola and during the night did this massive wee in the 'wee bucket'. It went on for so long.  I thought it would echo and wake everyone up. I wanted to stay another night but the next day was a Sunday and nothing would be open plus it was going to be 42 degrees!!!!