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Old Timers Mine Museum Coober Pedy

Old Timers Mine and Museum is Coober Pedy`s premier, affordable and family friendly tourist attraction.
Large good quality opal seams, opalised sea shells in the roof in their natural state and Coober Pedy's largest painted lady opal.
The Mine was first mined in 1916 with a pick and shovel and scooped into a cowhide bucket.

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Comfort Inn Motel Coober Pedy

Comfort INN Coober Pedy Experience, Motel offers underground accommodation & opal mine tours in Australia's biggest and best known opal town, Coober Pedy, from 1918 - 1960's it was an opal mine, which is transformed into an Underground Motel Complex in 1990.
The mysterious lunar landscape makes Coober Pedy a unique and special place where you could arrive with just the shirt on your back and leave a millionaire. Many people have found opal whilst walking around, kicking stones over, or noodling (fossiking) in the disused mining dumps.

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Miners Underground Homes in Coober Pedy

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. Locals mostly like to live 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.

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