Our first Glimpse of Opal Mines

You can see the Blower over the top of one of the mullock heaps. These heaps dominate the landscape around Coober Pedy.

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October 4th 2014
We left Cadney Homestead at 9.40am and hit the road for Coober Pedy – corrugated as it was. The council also repaired the bitumen on both sides to smooth out the surface. It looked very odd as the two sides were covered in green pebbles and the centre still had the original brown colour stones and the white lines had been left, too. This meant that the road was brightly colourful and the white l ... read more

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Coober Pedy

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

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