The underground town

Yesterday we explored Coober Pedy. Coober Pedy is known as 'opal capital of the world', as it produces over 75% of the worlds opals. They were found by accident back in 1915, when sparkles were seen in the dust whilst walking.

We went to 'Old Timers Mine' which was awesome, seeing how they used to find the opals and how they used to live. People still live underground today, and we checked out 'Fayes Underground Home', which was built by 3 women using hand tools only. Very impressive!

In the evening we went to 'The Breakaways' which are incredible colourful hills, and a registered Aboriginal Heritage Site. They have been used in many movies, including Ground Zero & Mad Max Beyond. There is also the impressive 'dog fence', which is a fence 5300km long across 3 states built to keen the dingos away from the sheep country. 🐑

Slept under the stars just outside town (spent most of the evening trying to get away from the flies), and now we're heading to William Creek. 🪰Read more