Opals

Opal Fever

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November 24th 2009
22nd November - 24th November 2009 Coober Pedy Coober Pedy is not much to look at on the surface. You do have the thought run through your head, 'who the hell would want to live out here'? It's not till you get underground that you really see how beautiful it is. Above ground it is dry, grey, treeless, grassless, boring and bleak. Underground it is magical. Coober Pedy is an opal mining t ... 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