Coober Pedy is an opal mining town and, like White Cliffs, Lightning Ridge and Andamooka, it has a rawness and roughness produced by the simple idea that there is only one reason to live in this inhospitable desert outpost: digging for opals.
Coober Pedy is an opal mining town and, like White Cliffs, Lightning Ridge and Andamooka, it has a rawness and roughness produced by the simple idea that there is only one reason to live in this inhospitable desert outpost: digging for opals.