Escape 50°C desert heat by moving underground? Welcome to Coober Pedy, where 60 percent of the town lives in 'dugouts' — homes carved straight into solid rock.
Hosted on MSN
An underground world: The Australian town where life exists beneath ground, with churches and hotels under the desert
Coober Pedy is one of Australia’s strangest and most famous outback towns, a place where much of daily life happens below the surface because the desert heat above ground can be punishing. Located in ...
Most towns like Coober Pedy have a main street, a few parks, and some shops. But this outback town in South Australia is unique, as a significant portion of it exists below the earth's surface. There ...
At first glance, Coober Pedy looks like a sun-bleached, abandoned outpost in the middle of the unforgiving south Australian outback. But first impressions are entirely deceptive. Beneath its rugged, ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results