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Inside Coober Pedy: The Australian desert town where thousands escaped 50°C heat by building an entire underground world beneath the Earth

Coober Pedy, Australia, features a unique town built underground by opal miners. Residents live below the surface to escape the harsh desert climate and high cooling costs. This subterranean living provides stable temperatures year-round, offering practical comfort and savings. Underground homes and businesses are common, transforming excavated mining areas into…

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An underground world: The Australian town where life exists beneath ground, with churches and hotels under the desert

Coober Pedy, Australia, is famous for its underground life. The desert heat led residents to build homes, churches, and hotels below ground. This unique adaptation began with opal mining in 1915. Today, it remains the world's largest opal producer. Visitors can explore these subterranean spaces, experiencing a town shaped by…

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Coober Pedy, the Australian town built underground to withstand extreme heat

As spring temperatures begin to rise in Europe, we see how one town in Australia has been learning to live with extreme heat for the past century. Situated in the middle of the desert, where summer temperatures reach up to 50°C, is Coober Pedy, a town built underground and originally…

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Dramatic rescue after man falls down 30m mine shaft

Rescuers have pulled a man from a 30-metre opal mine shaft in outback SA while two other men are lucky to be alive after a van ploughed through their wall.

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William Shatner of 'Stars on Mars' on colonizing planets, swatting Aussie flies and healing Earth (exclusive)

William Shatner, the energetic host of Fox's hit reality TV series 'Stars on Mars,' opens up about space travel and humanity's endless curiosity.

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Coober Pedy: inside the Australian town where people live underground

In the dry, desolate landscape of the Australian Outback 500 miles north of Adelaide stands Coober Pedy, a seemingly unremarkable town of 2,500 people. But all is not what it seems here.

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Regional bank closures have SA locals buying safes, scared for safety as MP calls for banks to do 'right thing'

The outback town is an opal-mining mecca, with large sums of money often exchanged in cash. But Coober Pedy's only bank closed for good last week — too late to be saved by a Senate inquiry into regional bank closures.

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Woman arrested over suspicious fire at Coober Pedy police station

The grass fire spread under the fence of the impound yard at Coober Pedy Police Complex, damaging several vehicles, before the Country Fire Service was able to extinguish it.

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British mum building ‘most luxurious cave imaginable’ in the desert

Jennifer Ayres, 50, a water engineer from Darlington, Durham, moved to Australia 15 years ago for work and is now digging a home in Coober Pedy.

The Independent UK

Brit mum builds luxury 'woman cave' in Australian desert - nine hours from family home

Jennifer Ayres' dream cave home in the town of Coober Pedy, which she has been digging herself, will boast chandeliers, a sauna and a gym

Daily Mirror

British mum building ‘most luxurious cave imaginable’ in Australian desert – with chandeliers and sauna

If it takes me 10 years, that's fine, says determined Jennifer

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Coober Pedy gets $433k for permanent gallery showcasing Indigenous art

An Aboriginal community in SA's outback has received funding to establish a permanent art centre after calling for support for more than 10 years.

ABC News

Police investigate 'disgusting' social media stunt in Coober Pedy dry zone

A social media video showing a group of people being assisted to “snorkel” spirits and beer in Coober Pedy has been labelled “disgusting” by South Australia’s Aboriginal Affairs Minister.

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'Very happy' dogs rescued from 12-metre mine shaft in Coober Pedy

Volunteers from South Australia's State Emergency Service adapt their equipment to rescue two dogs found down an opal mining shaft in the state's outback.

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Young Finke Desert Race competitor's bike stolen during journey to Alice Springs

The 16-year-old says he spent months staying up late putting his bike together, only to have it stolen from a motel car park in Coober Pedy on the journey to the start line.

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Stuart Highway to reopen to trucks and emergency vehicles after outback flooding

The main road connecting South Australia and the Northern Territory will reopen to some vehicles from early tomorrow after flooding cut the highway.

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Oodnadatta pub owner feeds 130 people in ‘forgotten’ flood-affected SA outback town

Oodnadatta residents in South Australia's outback say food is running out, and they have been forgotten as supplies are sent to other flood-affected towns.

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SA records wettest January in nearly four decades as floodwaters continue to isolate communities

SA records its wettest start to the year since 1984 as floodwaters in the state's far north continue to isolate communities and impact freight routes.

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Evacuation cancelled for travellers stuck in Coober Pedy more than a week after flooding closed the Stuart Highway

Travellers expecting to be evacuated from Coober Pedy are told they will have to stay in the remote mining town for at least another night.

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Rescue flights for stranded SA tourists

Some travellers stranded by floodwaters in Coober Pedy, in South Australia's north, may be flown to Adelaide.

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Outback flooding splitting up families, with at least 12 more days until Stuart Highway reopens

Milivoj Perkich's wife is due to have open heart surgery in Melbourne on Friday — but he can't get through on the Stuart Highway, which the SES estimates will be closed for at least another 12 days.

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Tonnes of food set to arrive in Coober Pedy as more rain predicted for SA's north-west

More than 20 tonnes of food and other emergency supplies has started to arrive in Coober Pedy today as authorities monitor the impact of more rain on South Australia's sodden outback.

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Food relief for SA as rain continues

Food relief is on its way to South Australia's north after heavy rain cut freight access to Coober Pedy and surrounding regions.

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Food relief for flooded South Australia

The Australian Defence Force will deliver food relief to flood-affected parts of South Australia as rain continues to fall across the state.

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