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.

Keira Alexander is an Australian journalist based between Melbourne and New York City. Her passion for eco-conscious and ethical travel drives her stories about wildlife and unique experiences in her ...

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 can get to be 127 degrees Fahrenheit in the Australian town of Coober Pedy — and that's in the shade. With opal mines that look like giant ant hills and a network of underground dwellings where ...

Located 460 mi/740 km northwest of Adelaide, the town of Coober Pedy, where most of Australia's opals are mined, is almost entirely underground. Stay two nights and tour the mines (you'll learn e ...

Coober Pedy, a remote town in the Australian desert, exemplifies human ingenuity and resilience with its population of over 1,700 residents. Rather than conventional architecture, the community has ...

Approximately 70 percent of the world's opals come from the mining town of Coober Pedy in South Australia, where half of its population lives underground. Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott/Minden ...

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 ...