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Shopping for Opal in Coober Pedy

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September 3rd 2011
I hopped on yet another bus in the morning and headed out of the Northern Territory and down in South Australia. I got to Coober Pedy at 6:30pm. The hostel I was staying at came and picked me up from the bus station. I decided to stay at Radeka's underground hostel. Because of how hot it normally is in Coober Pedy a lot of the residents live in underground homes. It can get upwards of 50 de ... read more

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Coober Pedy

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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... ... read more