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Coober Pedy

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The outback town of Coober Pedy in South Australia.

Why are there underground homes in Coober Pedy, South Australia?

The underground homes in Coober Pedy make for consistent, tolerable temperatures when it’s obscenely hot outside in the South Australian outback. The opal miners who live in Coober Pedy live underground because it’s more pleasant. The Desert Cave Hotel in Coober Pedy The walls of…
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