Coober Pedy is a small town in the Outback of Southern Australia. Originally an opal mining town, many of Coober Pedy's residents live underground to escape the region's immense heat. Homes, dive bars ...

Welcome to Coober Pedy, the town that lives underground. Originally a mining town, many of the residents of Australia's Coober Pedy live in dugouts to escape the heat. During the town's summer months, ...

A man has been taken to hospital with injuries including a fractured leg after he was rescued from a mine shaft outside Coober Pedy in South Australia's far north, emergency services have said.

A kangaroo has been rescued from an open cut mine shaft in opal fields near the outback town of Coober Pedy in South Australia's far north. A member of the public spotted the animal on Wednesday and ...

It can get to be 127 degrees Fahrenheit in the Australian town of Coober Pedy — and that's in the shade. With opal mines that look like giant ant hills and a network of underground dwellings where ...

No town in Australia conjures up images of the outback like Coober Pedy, the famous opal-mining town where the searing heat drives residents underground. The town has plenty of accommodations that ...

A Riverland man is lucky to be alive after spending 24 hours stuck down a 25m mine shaft in Coober Pedy. The Riverland man, 47, was first reported missing by his wife to Coober Pedy Police on Friday ...

A late-night search for opals has ended in a frantic rescue, with a man rushed to hospital after falling into a mine shaft. It is understood the man was out fossicking for opals with a group of ...

The Adelaide Fringe has spread its wings to an Outback town where patrons can go mining for gems under the stars with a TV personality. He’s the son of an opal miner from the Outback town, has mined ...