underground opal museum

Coober Pedy

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June 29th 2007
What an amazing place. Much of Coober Pedy is underground, so of course we had to stay in a motel where our room was carved out of solid rock . . . I never dreamed I’d have claustrophobia after the summers during university I taught caving, but with only a 150 mm (6”) vertical pipe venting the room to the outside 20 metres (60 feet) above, it has been a real struggle convincing myself I can s ... read more

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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