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The Old Timers Mine  

The Old Timers Mine is the tourist attraction that shows the joys, heartache and history of Coober Pedy. The Old Timers Mine is an accredited tourism business and is the only place in the world where you can see three large good quality rough opal se ...

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Breakaways  

The Breakaways are one of South Australia's Outback gems. They're a striking rocky landscape of flat-topped mesas. The Breakaways were once covered by an inland sea. They are now home to an array of native fauna and flora. Take in this remarkable vie ...

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Catacomb Underground Church  

Catacomb Underground Church is an Anglican church founded and supported by the Bush Church Aid Society. Named after the Catacombs in Rome, where early Christians buried their dead and met undisturbed in times of persecution. Just as here we escape th ...

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Coward Springs  

Coward Springs Campground, on the Oodnadatta Track is an oasis in the driest part of outback South Australia. Campground trees can be seen from afar in the flat open landscape. The campground offers safe, low-key, sheltered and peaceful camping. Most ...

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Faye's Underground Home And Opal Mine  

Located in a beautiful desert garden is Faye's famous Underground Home. This original one room home housed the first mail truck driver more than 60 years ago. It was converted by Faye Nayler and two other women, using only picks and shovels, into a k ...

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Opal World  

Buy opal where it is found - Coober Pedy is the opal capital of the world. This is an ideal place to buy a memento of Coober Pedy. Opal World has an extensive range of quality opal and opal jewellery. The opal shop is located at the Desert Cave Hote ...

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Opalios  

For over 36 years, Opalios have been mining in the Coober Pedy Opal fields. We cut our own opal, and design and create our own jewellery on site. As a family owned and operated business, we have an experienced Opal Miner, expert Opal Cutter and on si ...

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Painted Desert  

The Painted Desert is an area of spectacular colourful hills. It's an amazing sight - you'll see rocky outcrops of large and small hills, which emerge suddenly out of a flat, desert landscape. It's perhaps best viewed in bright sunlight which brings ...

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Star Opal Fossil Collection  

In 1974 we purchased the block where Star Opal and our dugout home are now situated. On the block there was a small stone building, which was used as a cutting room by the previous owner and a very small one roomed dugout. At Star Opal we strive to g ...

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Tallaringa Conservation Park  

Tallaringa Conservation Park is located 100 kilometres due west of Coober Pedy on the fringe of the Great Victoria Desert and is a vast wilderness of vegetated dunes and gibber rises. The park supports a variety of important wildlife species that hav ...

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The Opal Cave  

Browse through the Opal Museum and fascinating display of rough and cut opal and opalised fossils millions and millions of years old. Walk through our beautiful and unusual underground garden to our award winning show room. Here you are able to selec ...

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Umoona Opal Mine And Museum  

Visit Umoona Opal Mine and Museum, Coober Pedy's largest underground and only award winning tourism attraction. Take a walk through our museum where you will find information on Aboriginal and European settlement in the area. Step back into Australi ...

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Underground Art Gallery  

The Underground Art Gallery is conveniently located in the main street of Coober Pedy. The gallery is completely underground and is carved out of solid sandstone, it is quite large and includes a hands on mining area where you can put on a hard hat a ...

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Underground Catholic Church Of St Peter And Pauls  

The first purpose built underground Catholic Church of its type in the world opened June 25 1967 and extensions completed September 1984. It still remains Australia's only purpose built underground Catholic Church and is classified a historical site ...

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Underground Potteries  

See how pottery is made at the Underground Potteries and view the finished work in the gallery. All of the pottery is hand thrown or hand built and twice fired at the studio. The clays used are guaranteed genuine stoneware or terracotta, suitable for ...

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