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Australia - 2005-04-17 - 1 - Coober Pedy - City & Buildings
After the night of extreme camping we had about 100 kilometers left to
get to Coober Pedy. Once we were close to Coober Pedy I took the first
2 pictures which were meant to show the mines & piles of earth around
(although the last five pictures show this much better). Coober Pedy is
basically an Opal mining town, but the attraction to it is because of
its uniqueness of being built underground. Although the first stop was
to get petrol & our second was at a camping place. There we paid $5 to
get showers & do our laundry. We also cleaned out the truck & got all
the dishes washed from the night before. After that we started looking
around the town at all the sites. Our first stop was at the "free" mine.
Although it was basically just an underground store that had a mine shaft
you could look down. Although it was cool to see an underground shop.
After that we went to the Opal Cutter to checkout what the prices for
opals & such were & to view some fine specimens. Next stop was at the
Big Winch Lookout. It gave good views over Coober Pedy, although it was
not much to look at. After that we got groceries & headed on our way out
of town towards our next stop.
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