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Coober Pedy

Background: Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name of Great Britain. Six colonies were created in the late 18th and 19th centuries; they federated and became the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. The new country took advantage of its natural resources to rapidly develop its agricultural and manufacturing industries and to make a major contribution to the British effort in World Wars I and II. In recent decades, Australia has transformed itself into an internationally competitive, advanced market economy. It boasted one of the OECD's fastest growing economies during the 1990's, a performance due in large part to economic reforms adopted in the 1980's. Long-term concerns include pollution, particularly depletion of the ozone layer, and management and conservation of coastal areas, especially the Great Barrier Reef.




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Coober Pedy
52 days ago: mayarn published a blog
Coober Pedy
October 13th 2009  Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Coober Pedy
My choice of Cobber Pedy, as this past July's Birthday destination was not based on the fact that it is the Opal Capital of the World. My interest arose after reading Jack and Harry: No Turning back ... 4 photos [full story]

Coober Pedy
61 days ago: ames123 published a blog
Coober Pedy
September 25th 2009  Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Coober Pedy
The next day we were up at 5am for the long drive to Coober Pedy where we arrived at 2pm. Coober Pedy is roughly half way to Uluru. On the way we stopped at a salt lake that Doc (the tour guide) said ... 26 photos [full story]

Coober Pedy
81 days ago: Peetje published a blog
Coober Pedy
September 13th 2009  Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Coober Pedy
Na een lange,vermoeiende en ongelooflijk saaie busreis kwam ik aan in Coober Pedy. En wat was ik blij dat ik van die Greyhound bus verlost was. Coober Pedy is een hete, stoffige, vreemde plek midde ... 11 photos [full story]

143 days ago: mrandmrsbb published a blog
Underground Living
June 15th 2009  Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Coober Pedy
As we didn’t get to see much in Coober Pedy last time - we stayed over here again and spent some time having a look around. Coober Pedy underground is a constant temperature of 23 degrees so re ... [full story]


Coober Pedy Blog Entries

Day 6 - Coober Pedy - Adelaide
Day 5 - Alice Springs to Coober Pedy
Coober Pedy
Golf course
Home in the hills
South Australia
The Breakaways
If beer's not your thing . . .
Watch your step!
Sheep stampede
Crocodile Harry's cave
Mining bus
My underground dorm
My new house...
Normanville Beach on the drive up the coast to Adelaide
The motel lounge

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