Coober Pedy

Coober Pedy isn’t bad, the boring stretch of land before it sucks though.

The underground hotel was fucking amazing, but Coober Pedy isn’t much to look at. The only thing we did there really was buy some opals.

On our journey through Australia, we met some young men who had had their car stolen here. On arrival it looked scruffy, run down and felt unsafe We used the internet in one place & then moved on.

Go opal mining, it’s fantastic!

Coober Pedy is a quirky little place and totally worth a visit! Everything is underground and dusty. It’s actually a pretty surreal kind of place. A strange ghost town in the middle of desert. Try underground camping, it’s so cool! Just remember that Coober Pedy is filled with frustrated miners so bring a friend and don’t fall into any holes!

My dad used to fly the district judges up to Northern South Australia when he was younger. So he made friends with some of the locals and he flew the family up there a couple of times.

Coober Pedy and Andamooka are dusty towns made famous for the opals mined there. It’s hot too… It’s almost as if hobbits emigrated to the most barren landscape they could find, as it’s so hot that the easiest way to live is underground, so the majority of homes are underground.

I was probably only about 10 the last time I went there, but one of the major things I remembered was seeing more bullet holes in walls and road signs than I’ve ever seen (before or since!
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