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Coober Pety, Australia - Blogging World Tour

30 Day Blogging Challenge

30 day prompt.
From your morning stop at the outback outpost of Manguri, you’ll venture into the weird and wonderful opal mining township of Coober Pedy, where more than half of the residents live underground. Here, you’ll enjoy a day of discovery, and a gourmet lunch in the most unique of locations: underground. Dinner is served back on the train where you can enjoy a nightcap as your journey continues.
We'e going to get dirty today. But maybe we'll score an opal.
https://journeybeyondrail.com.au/journeys/the-ghan-expedition/
https://www.gemsociety.org/article/opal-mining-coober-pedy/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pniXiSEoTwM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrCpNlPggtA
Let your imagination take you wherever.

Coober Pedy mean 'white man in a hole'. Aptly named. I'm not into getting dirty and since I have no licence to dig, I will keep to exploring the place being careful to watch where I step, not walk backwards and keep the fly hat securely in place when we are out in the heat of the sun.

The history of the place is intriguing.... and when they say down under, they really mean it here as most of the residents live underground to stay cool.

You really need to have a passion for mining Opal to live here. I found the place quite desolate... and after months of confinement, this is not a place I wanted to spend a great deal of time in. The people here were wonderful.

I checked out an underground church and looked through the souvenir shops trying to find an opal pendant that had more colour in than just the white. I like the ones with more blue and green tones. It's all pretty expensive, but it was lovely to look.

Dining in the cool of an underground restaurant was great.

Getting back on the train for the evening was also pleasant after a day in the heat.