I’ll answer a few questions then I’ll fill you in on today’s news.
Here is a photo of the opal still in the rock in the mine we went into.
This is what opal looks like in the rock
Most of the underground buildings are dug into the side of hills so there aren’t many steps. Happy birthday to James S & Jeremy. As for mini beasts, I saw big ants (bigger than the normal ones), flies (but not too many yet), a flying grasshopper the colour of beach sand, a mosquito or two and some moths, so that’s five altogether. I haven’t been fishing yet but I hope to go soon. We plan to start reading Red Dog tonight, everyone is going to read a page each out loud every night. Lily shares her birthday with my uncle Paul, I hope she grows up happy and healthy.
I didn’t want to leave Coober Pedy because I met some good friends. We left and headed for Erldunda, luckily I will see my new friends again soon because they are heading the same way we are. This afternoon we crossed the border into the Northern Territory, we set up camp and Sarah and I went to the swimming pool, unfortunately it was freezing so I jumped into the shower to get warm. Now we’re sitting around the camp outside in the sunshine writing our blogs.
Matilda celebrates reaching the Northern Territory
I hope you have a good weekend and that you enjoy the Bugs Alive exhibition at the Melbourne Museum excursion in a couple of weeks (please take some photos for me Mrs Muir, I’ll try and find my own insects to photograph and write about).
Love Matilda ooooxxxx
Hi Matilda
Thank you for making such interesting and educational comments in your blogs. I will definitely make sure that I take some photos of minibeats for you when we go on our excursion next week. I’ve always wanted to visit Coober Pedy and seeing your pictures makes me want to do that some time soon.
Bye for now
Mrs Muir