Underground Town in South Australia...!!!!!


Underground Town in South Australia...!!!!!

Coober Pedy is a small Australian town with population of about 2,000 people. It is well-known as an underground town.

Coober Pedy is a small Australian town with population of about 2,000 people. It is well-known as an underground town.

Underground Town in South Australia (33 pics)

Underground Town in South Australia (33 pics)

Coober Pedy is also known as the world’s opal capital with 30% global opals mined here. As for the town name, it is translated as “whitemans hole” from the Aboriginal term kupa-piti.




Underground Town in South Australia (33 pics)

The severe desert climate made a lot of residents move to live underground, in caves. A cave home usually has three bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom and lounge that are excavated out of the rock in the hillsides. Such homes don’t require air-conditioning, because they remain at a constant temperature while summer temperatures on the surface can reach 40-50 degrees Celsius (over 100 degrees Fahrenheit).

Underground Town in South Australia (33 pics)

Coober Pedy attracts tourists from all over the world. The mines, underground churches and graveyard are the most interesting attractions here. The trees you can find in this town are iron welded. You can play golf at night only to avoid hot temperatures. The local golf is free of grass that is why players take a small piece of tee-off turf with them.

Underground Town in South Australia (33 pics)

Coober Pedy is featured in many movies, including Opal Dream, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Red Planet and Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. NASA is planning to train astronauts for a planned mission to Mars here in 2012.

Underground Town in South Australia (33 pics)

Underground Town in South Australia (33 pics)

Coober Pedy Church

Underground Town in South Australia (33 pics)

Underground Town in South Australia (33 pics)

Underground Town in South Australia (33 pics)

Underground Town in South Australia (33 pics)

Underground Town in South Australia (33 pics)

Underground Town in South Australia (33 pics)

Coober Pedy Homes

Underground Town in South Australia (33 pics)

Underground Town in South Australia (33 pics)

Underground Town in South Australia (33 pics)

Underground Town in South Australia (33 pics)

Underground Town in South Australia (33 pics)

Underground Town in South Australia (33 pics)

Underground Town in South Australia (33 pics)

Underground Town in South Australia (33 pics)

Underground Town in South Australia (33 pics)

Coober Pedy Demo Home

Underground Town in South Australia (33 pics)

Coober Pedy Hotel

Underground Town in South Australia (33 pics)

Underground Town in South Australia (33 pics)

Underground Town in South Australia (33 pics)

Underground Town in South Australia (33 pics)

Underground Town in South Australia (33 pics)

Underground Town in South Australia (33 pics)

Underground Town in South Australia (33 pics)

Underground Town in South Australia (33 pics)

Aboveground Spaceship

Underground Town in South Australia (33 pics)

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Underground Town in South Australia (33 pics)
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