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'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 ...

Coober Pedy is home to a small but diverse international community and mining and opal-themed attractions. ... Mounds of tailings dot the landscape where opal miners sift through the earth. ... Coober ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. TONY EASTLEY: Opals, those rare and precious coloured gems from the Australian outback, are becoming ...

Since the turn of the 20th century, the opal fields of Coober Pedy have inspired hundreds of travellers looking to change their luck. The name 'opal' is thought to have originated from the Ancient ...

Coober Pedy, located in South Australia’s desert, is the world’s most famous underground town. Residents live in sandstone dugouts to avoid extreme heat, creating a unique lifestyle with homes, ...

"When I see the earth, my palms get itchy," says Trevor Berry. The Adelaide native first came to the largely subterranean town of Coober Pedy in South Australia's mineral-rich outback on a school trip ...

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.

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 ...