Travel Forum

 Coober   Pedy is a small Australian town, famous for being the opal   capital of   the world because of the large quantity of opal stones that   are mined   here. What people don?t know about this place is that the   locals mostly   like to  underground. A tradition that goes back   to   the early 1900, when the first miners arrived in the area,   cave-boring   in the hillsides is still popular. The temperatures here   during the   Summer are unbearable for some, so they opt for underground   living   quarters, at approximately the same price as a surface-built . The first   one keeps a constant, cool   temperature during the Summer while the   second needs air-conditioning.   It can get quite cold during the   winter, though.
  One of the most popular attractions in Coober Pedy are the  underground   churches.