Declan’s Den – Andamooka

This blog is officially popular enough for a guest post! My writing won’t be as delightful as Caitlin’s and it certainly won’t be as regular, but it will definitely be Declan.

My first guest post is from the town of Andamooka in outback SA. Why am I here? Good question, I’m not 100% sure. Andamooka is the nearest thing resembling a point of interest around, but that just moves the question back a level.

Andamooka is (or more likely, was) opal country. The town is surrounded by piles of dirt where prospectors have staked their claim and gone searching for their bounty. To noodle, is to search for opal and is the thing to do in town.

The town is down to around 300 residents, from 3000 in its prime. Must sees include the post office/opal museum, piles of dirt from everyone noodling, the old dugout homes built into the hills (that people lived in through until the 70s) and the parked up old heavy machinery on the way into town. The cafe is pretty good, the steak sandwich looked to be the pick with nicely buttery crisped bread and steak cooked just right.

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