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.
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, ...