Coober Pedy lives underground miners opals

Residents of a small Australian town called Coober Pedy is famous in the world because of its unusual life. The people of this town live deep in the Outback, far from civilization. To live in a place where constantly there are dust storm and daytime temperatures can rise to 50 degrees Celsius in the shade, the residents of Coober Pedy began to build underground dwellings. But why did they live here, you ask? Opals. Coober Pedy is the largest opal field in the world.





The name Coober Pedy is translated from the language of Australian aborigines as "the"white man's hole" or "white."





Since it is a city of miners, who mined opals, it is often the entrance to the mine was right inside the house





Currently to dig mines in the forbidden city, and almost half of the residents have already moved in ordinary land houses with all amenities





Underground Church

However the house dug no worse than the overhead in comfort - electricity, water, sewer are all here.





Underground supermarket

The city is very tight with the water, it comes from afar on the water and worth 5 $ per 1000 liters





Due to the harsh climate very few trees, the first trees were welded from pieces of iron





In Coober Pedy is very little rain, so the native vegetation is cactus





This "roof" with vent pipes





The entrance to one of the houses





Kitchen in underground home





As you can see inside these houses are quite comfortable





Local turf :)





Underground Church





There are service





Coober Pedy is included in many tourist routes in Australia





In fact, only a very lucrative opal mining and tourism keeps the residents of Coober Pedy in these harsh conditions of life

P. S. And remember, only by changing their consumption — together we change the world! ©

Source: 4tololo.ru