Thousands of people live in the lap of luxury inside a hole in the middle of the Australian desert
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The underground town boasts a population of 3,500 and more than 45 different nationalities.
A whole town, home to thousands of people, lays hidden under a hole in the ground in the middle of the Australian desert. Coober Pedy has evolved into one of the most unique places to visit in the world.
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There are underground churches in the middle of the Australian desert
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Coober Pedy is a cosmopolitan town with a population of 3,500 and over 45 different nationalities
The area was originally founded as an opal mining town in 1915 and from the surface you would never know anyone lived there.
Coober Pedy today relies as much on tourism as the opal mining industry to provide the community with employment and sustainability.
Homes boast all the normal furnishings and amazing pictures from underground show churches, a restaurant and hotel rooms for people who want to experience life “down under”.
More than half of the town’s families live underground, where temperatures are maintained at a pleasant 23-25 degrees C throughout the year.
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Opal was first found in Coober Pedy in 1915. It is now the Opal capital of the world
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Some of the “dugout” homes – made by mining families – are more like mansions, covering 450 square metres
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It is estimated that about 50 per cent of the population live underground now
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Coober Pedy today relies heavily on tourism
The soil in the Coober Pedy hillside is stable enough to allow huge ceiling spans in rooms and it is not unusual for a mining family to buy an adjoining property and tunnel to link two dwellings, or even three or four.
Some mansion style homes spread up to 450 square metres underground.
(The Sun, UK)
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