Day 5: Coober Pedy to Erldunda Roadhouse

We left Coober Pedy mid-morning, heading up the Stuart Highway toward the Erldunda Roadhouse, our destination for today. Our departure was delayed slightly, as we queued to fill our water tank, at 20 cents for about 3 minutes of tap run time. Water is a precious commodity up this way.

The landscape was fairly consistent for the entire day, just scrub and red dirt/dust. We had two stops along the way, Pimba for a “pit-stop”, and Marla for fuel, lunch, and some treats from the servo (Ice-break double shot coffee for me). To this point price of fuel had been fairly reasonable, Marla was approximately $1.70 per litre for diesel.

We arrived at Erldunda, which is on the corner of the Stuart and Lasseter Highways, i.e., where you turn left to head for Uluru. We were pleasantly surprised, with a shady, grassed, caravan site, to go along with the gorgeous weather. The evening was spent watching and feeding the various animals they have onsite, including a dozen or so emus, several Red Kangaroos, a Camel, and a Rooster that apparently thinks it is also a kangaroo. There was also a pool, but unfortunately it was “staff only”, at least that’s what our kids were told...