Welcome to Coober Pedy, the town that lives underground. Originally a mining town, many of the residents of Australia's Coober Pedy live in dugouts to escape the heat. During the town's summer months, ...

It's freezing cold, scorching hot and a source of Australia's opals. Here's what life's like when you have to jury-rig even the most basic tech to survive. Claire Reilly was a video host, journalist ...

Coober Pedy attracted more than 1000 miners hopeful of striking it lucky during its heyday in the 1970s and 1980s. Even 40 years on, the Outback town’s “opal fever” remains alive and well. Locals say ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Coober Pedy Fascinating opal town where most of the residents live underground Of all the opal mining towns in Australia there is none ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. TONY EASTLEY: Opals, those rare and precious coloured gems from the Australian outback, are becoming ...

Mine tailings litter the Olympic Opal Field near Coober Pedy, South Australia. The town is known as the opal capital of the world because of the quantity of the precious gems that have been mined ...

Coober Pedy is known as the opal capital of the world, and for its quirky characters — both animal and human. Shoes in the outback opal-mining town of Coober Pedy are going missing Coober the rescue ...

Coober Pedy is one of the least accessible towns in Australia – the place where the old American West meets Mars – which is probably why it gained a reputation as the place where outlaws went to hide.

"When I see the earth, my palms get itchy," says Trevor Berry. The Adelaide native first came to the largely subterranean town of Coober Pedy in South Australia's mineral-rich outback on a school trip ...

Coober Pedy is a small town in the Outback of Southern Australia. Many of Coober Pedy's residents live underground to escape the region's immense heat. Homes, bars, a church, and more can be found ...

Australia's opal-mining capital provides the opportunity to unearth a fortune and chill out underground. 1. Get down and dirty Ever since 14-year-old Willie Hutchison stumbled upon opal in Coober Pedy ...