Coober Pedy. Australia

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Australians have built the underground town of "Coober Pedy" to escape extreme heat
Australians have built the underground town of "Coober Pedy" to escape extreme heat
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Coober Pedy, Australia: This small town in the middle of nowhere, Australia, is home to some of the strangest houses on Earth. A combination of climactic conditions and the existence of opal mining in the region have literally driven the residents underground. Everything from residences to churches are carved out of the ground as the above images show.
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15 things you can only do in Australia. Visit the opal capital of the world (which also happens to be an underground town).
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Coober Pedy, Australia
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Picture of man walking through opal mine, Coober Pedy
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Amazing underground town There is in South Australia underground town.Coober Pedy is also known as the world’s opal capital with 30% global opals mined here. As for the town name, it is translated as “whitemans hole” from the Aboriginal term kupa-piti.