The unique Coober Pedy underground city in pictures

By seamlessly landscape that lives here in 2000 chelovekSayt offers a glimpse into the ground ... and find a stunning city!





Originally built for the opal mining town of Coober Pedy is currently home to about two thousand people, what never guess by looking at the flawless "pure" landscape ...

Incandescent red plains of South Australia located the mysterious town of Coober Pedy called.





But it is not the heat and the lack of trees makes Coober Pedy so special.





What really distinguishes this town with a population of 1675 from among the other?

Coober Pedy is almost entirely underground!





Inside the red earth of the Australian stretched for miles tunnels, laid a man, they can see the furniture, as well as in ordinary homes.





There are rooms for tourists.





But this is not just a tourist town. For many people, Coober Pedy became permanent residence.





Located on a half above the ground, the other - for these homes is definitely unique, but in terms of comfort, they are not inferior to ordinary modern homes.





You ask, where it all began? In 1915, father and son traveled in search of gold and found ourselves here.





Instead of gold they found opals, which quickly gained enormous popularity beyond the field. But because of the high temperatures, the miners preferred to arrange a home between their mines rather than over land.





So they started digging. Currently in Coober Pedy it is located about 1,500 homes, or to be more precise, the dugouts.





Coober Pedy now - the main supplier of the world's opal. Although he is just as well known for his strange dugouts, as thanks to its precious stones. The city's name means "hole of the white man" - a local expression, which appeared in the 1920s.





Coober Pedy But - this is not the only opal mines, hotels and homes. Coober Pedy residents dug under the ground, even the church.





The city also has a bookstore for local and visiting fans of the books.





Take a look at the underground store jewelry to buy a beautiful opal, produced in these mines, or sell the one they found at the wall!





In order to relax, visit the bar and have a few drinks with friends.





If none of the above you do not like, you can always make the first strike on the golf course of Coober Pedy in!





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