Coober Pedy

What an amazing day I have had, although I am a little tired and my butt is a bit sore, I rode 537 km through some interesting countryside, surprisingly it was very green as they have recently had lots of rain.
There where times when the road was straight as far as the eye could see and for miles around me nothing but red dirt and small shrubs I felt like I could keep riding for ever, There was a reasonable amount of traffic on the road and quiet a number of Road trains heading towards me. The road quality on the Stuart Highway is excellent and not a pothole.
I was a bit naughty and cruised on about 130 Km for most of the day, like I said yesterday It would be very difficult for a Copper to set up a radar on the Stuart as there are not many trees.
When I left my last Roadhouse at Glendambo it was 252 Km south of Coober Pedy, at about 50km to Coober Pedy the fuel light came on and very soon the fuel gauge showed no fuel at all so I slowed the Spyder right down said a prayer and crossed my fingers and luckily I managed to get to a Garage. The tank was bone dry and it must have been vapours that got me there, thank God for that I didn't fancy pushing a 300 kilo Spyder any distance and would not have liked leaving the Spyder with all my gear while I hitchhiked to the roadhouse. So as soon as I get a chance I am getting a small plastic fuel container so i don't have to stress out. Tonight I am staying at a budget hotel that is underground it's very different and tomorrow I will head towards Alice springs so an early start for me in the morning and another 700 or so Km ride tomorrow