Coober Pedy, a remote town in the Australian desert, exemplifies human ingenuity and resilience with its population of over 1 ...

Coober Pedy has always been a testing environment - with the effort required to locate a field and the mining itself equally arduous, and never more so than in the town's founding days. The Bartrams, ...

Shopping for opals is one of the top things to do in Coober Pedy. Opal was discovered in 1915 and in the 1960s hundreds of Europeans came to Coober Pedy hoping to dig up a fortune. They purchased ...

Meanwhile, William spotted something glittering on the ground, and while it wasn’t the desired gold, it was the semiprecious gemstone, opal. According to the Coober Pedy Historical Society, Will found ...

The Opal Bug is an opal shop in Coober Pedy that sells everything from the gems to jewelry and watches. However, many visitors also like to visit the shop to see the famous opal-colored Volkswagen ...

Coober Pedy Black Opal (Hutchison Street, tel: 618 8672 5861) has triplet earrings from A$75 and boulder-opal pendants from A$45. If you're looking for souvenirs try Star Opal (123 Hutchison ...

Coober Pedy Outback adventures with the Coober Pedy postman is a chance to see local wildlife. The tour starts from Coober Pedy, a multicultural community of opal mining families. Peter arrived in ...

A view of Coober Pedy, which is sometimes referred to as the "opal capital of the world." (Photo: Robin Esrock) Triangular mounds of desert dirt are the first sign of something different. I then spot ...

Coober Pedy takes its name from the Aboriginal words 'kupa' (uninitiated man or white man) and 'piti' (hole). It produces most of the world's opals, and its more than 70 opal fields cover an area ...