It’s a desert town like nowhere on Earth... in fact, it kind of resembles the surface of the moon. With a large percentage of its inhabitants and attractions underground, Coober Pedy is one of ...
Coober Pedy is one of the least accessible towns in Australia – the place where the old American West meets Mars – which is probably why it gained a reputation as the place where outlaws went to hide.
Most of the time, when people refer to a place as "being underground", they're speaking figuratively. That isn't the case in Coober Pedy. For residents of this outback town, the only way to escape the ...
Approximately 70 percent of the world's opals come from the mining town of Coober Pedy in South Australia, where half of its population lives underground. Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott/Minden ...
Come inside the headquarters of this one-woman crusade to clean up a town and help it’s most adorable residents in need. We’re on the outskirts of Coober Pedy, and Tiger was surrendered by his owners ...
Beneath the desert of South Australia, a photographer finds a community of opal miners with a "crazy and unusual life." Gabriele Gouellain, a German immigrant, waits in the kitchen for her husband to ...
It's freezing cold, scorching hot and a source of Australia's opals. Here's what life's like when you have to jury-rig even the most basic tech to survive. Claire Reilly was a video host, journalist ...
Coober Pedy is a small town in the Outback of Southern Australia. Many of Coober Pedy's residents live underground to escape the region's immense heat. Homes, bars, a church, and more can be found ...
Coober Pedy is one of the least accessible towns in Australia – the place where the old American West meets Mars – which is probably why it gained a reputation as the place where outlaws went to hide.