Category: Coober Pedy (underground town)

It’s the gateway to the distinctive National Landscapes of the Flinders Ranges and iconic Kangaroo Island. I’m woke up by the endearing sounds of child zebra finches anticipating to be fed, a delicate approach to confront the challenges of a new day. My telephone offers surprising affirmation that it’s a couple of minutes to eight. […]
WW1 veterans, pioneers of trench warfare, are credited with constructing early Coober Pedy dugouts to escape the warmth. As the mines were dug out, the miners found it was much cooler being underground during the harsh summer season temperatures, so the dugout homes started to be constructed. They have an underground museum that explains not […]