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, ...

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 ...

In Coober Pedy, located on the Stuart Highway in Southern Australia, almost all of the 2,000 residents live underground. Thanks to extremely hot temperatures that typically go over 104 degrees ...

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'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 ...

Andrew Brockhoff and his partner, Sandy Williams, have renovated several Coober Pedy dugouts and Mr Brockhoff said there was strong demand for good underground homes in the desert opal-mining town.

A man who fell down a mineshaft near Coober Pedy on Tuesday afternoon has been found and extracted after a few terrifying ...

A person has fallen down a Coober Pedy mine shaft on Tuesday evening. Reports of a person trapped in a mine near Dora Gully ...

An 18-hour shift filled with hostile crowds, reckless drivers, and emergency callouts pushed a female Coober Pedy officer to ...

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.