Sunset on the Road to Coober Peddy

Opals Galore

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October 30th 2010
The first thing we did today was hit an old opal mine and watched a video from circa 1992 about the history of opals, we were then shown how the stone is cut followed by being taken into the actual mine. In Coober Pedy, the majority of people live underground. The "houses" are actually quite nice and if you didn't know you were underground, then you wouldn't know you were underground (funnil ... 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