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Coober Pedy, population 2762, in Kokatha country, is the heart of South Australias outback, 553 kilometres, 343.6 miles north of Port Augusta and is the opal capital of the world. Temperatures here are so extreme that homes and even churches are built underground to take advantage of a constant 24 degrees Celsius, 75.2 degrees Fahrenheit. The name, Coober Pedy, stems from an Aboriginal phrase meaning ƒÏ~white mans burrowƒÏT.
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Opal was discovered in Coober Pedy in 1915 and although miners still look for the pretty gem, the last big strikes petered out in the 1970s.
Between April and October the weather is very pleasant. Typical of a semi desert climate, the days 16 to 20¶ø C are mild to warm but the desert nights are cold.
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North of Coober Pedy you go deeper into the Great Victorian Desert and Australias red centre.
Central Coober Pedy Outback SA - South Australia
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