Coober Pedy

The opal capital of the world and a very different town. Nearly 60% of the locals live underground. You can see the air vents popping up out of the ground. Apparently this keeps their temperature between 23-25C at all times. There are underground churches, cafes and hotels here. We visited the Serbian underground church. The whole main street is dominated by opal shops and the town does not look that big but that’s because most is underground. As you travel along the main road both sides it looks as if there has been a giant mole going along its just piles of red earth everywhere. Did a trip out to Kanku – Breakaways Conservation Park to see the great views and the famous dog fence which runs 5300 kms to try and stop the dingos getting to the sheep. The Moon Plain is another area which is just rocks and is supposed to resemble the moon. This is where they filmed Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome and Ground Zero.