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The local Coober Pedy townspeople have a reputation for being very close lipped. Secrecy is like a religion here.
Locations of good opal finds are secrets which are jealously guarded and, in the past, disputes between miners or neighbours were often settled with dynamite....
It may sound like a lawless town, but don't worry, as a tourist I felt perfectly safe there.
The local community has always been quite ethnic - in the early 1990’s it was still a mix of over 40 different nationalities, including Italians, Greeks and Croatians, who have their own clubs/restaurants in the township.
The town has always had quite an isolated image, but that is slowly changing as more people are discovering this place and tourism becomes more and more important.
Updated May 19, 2003
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The local Coober Pedy townspeople have a reputation for being very close lipped. Secrecy is like a religion here.Locations of good opal finds are secrets which...
Q: How safe is it for a woman alone to drive from Adelaide to Coober Pedy?
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Aptly named, Coober Pedy is Aboriginal for 'white man in a hole'. This is one small outback town where you quite literally have to scratch below the surface to discover it's true beauty. That...
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Coober Pedy is the Opal capital of Australia, set in a rather dry, desolate and hostile environment. Coober Pedy comes from Kupa meaning 'white man' and Piti meaning 'hole'. It is translated from...
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It was so weird the first time I came here in the summer of 1997. I'd heard that temperatures of 50 degrees C wasn't uncommon so I was rather surprised when I stepped off the bus and it was only 17......
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Coober Pedy is Aboriginal for "white man in a hole," aptly describing the booming opal mining industry and underground housing developments that are ubiquitous there. A small outback town of treasure...
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When I mentioned that I was going to stay at Coober Pedy on my travels I was asked * Why on earth are you staying there?* My answer was simple, because I want to see this Opal mining town up close. I...
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