Things to do in Coober Pedy
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Faye's Underground Display Home
Many of the early dugout homes were simply worked-out mines, but these days they’re usually specifically excavated residences. If you want to see one, Faye’s Underground Display Home was hand dug by three women in the 1960s. It’s a little chintzy, but the living-room swimming pool is a winner! Even when it’s a stinker outside, subterranean temperatures never rise above 23°C, and air-conditioning isn’t necessary.
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Umberto's
The Desert Cave Hotel's rooftop restaurant maintains the quality with first-class dishes like wallaby shanks with vegetables and char-grilled tomato stew, and their 'Essential Tastes of the Outback' platter: char-grilled kangaroo, camel, emu and beef with bush chutney and hand-cut fries. Swift service, moody desert views and a motivating wine list.
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Old Timers Mine
The brilliant Old Timers Mine was mined in 1916 but was then hidden by the miners. The mine was rediscovered when a dugout home punched through into the labyrinth of tunnels, which now make a great tour. There’s also a museum, a re-created 1920s underground home and free mining equipment demos daily (9.30am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm).
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John's Pizza Bar
Serving up table-sized pizzas, hearty pastas and heat-beating gelato, you can't go past John's. Grills, salads, burgers, yiros, and fish and chips also available. Sit inside, order some takeaways, or pull up a seat with the bedraggled pot plants by the street.
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Umberto's Restaurant
This atmospheric restaurant with a moody desert view offers bush-tucker influenced cuisine such as kangaroo kebabs dusted with desert spices with broccolini and yoghurt dressing, as well as other inspired Mod Oz dishes and a motivating wine list.
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Opal Cutter
There are numerous reputable – and some not so reputable – opal outlets in town. It's best to shop around and compare a few prices before purchasing. One outlet that receives good reviews is the Opal Cutter .
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Serbian Orthodox Church
The largest and most impressive, with rock-wall carvings. It is 8km south of town.
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Umoona Opal Mine & Museum
The Umoona Opal Mine & Museum is a large complex right in the centre of town, with informative tours of the mine and displays of Aboriginal mythology and traditions, as well as exhibitions on the early mining days.
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Italo-Australian Miners Club
Vinyl chairs reflect the sunset at this elevated local watering hole, attracting beer bellies most nights. Meals (monster steaks, schnitzels and damn fine pastas) make an appetising appearance. Cheap fish and chips on Fridays and roast dinner on Thursdays.
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Tom & Mary's Greek Taverna
This busy Greek diner does everything from a superb moussaka to yiros, seafood, Greek salads and pastas with Hellenic zing. Sit back with a cold Coopers or retsina as the red sun sets on another dusty day in Coober Pedy.
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Tom's Working Opal Mine
The best place to check out a working excavation is Tom’s Working Opal Mine, 3km southwest of town. Miners continue their search for the big vein; visitors noodle for small fortunes.
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Crystal Café
Secreted in the plush Desert Cave Hotel is this great little cavern where you can start your day with pancakes and good coffee, or grab a focaccia for lunch.
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sculpture garden
An eclectic sculpture garden with ‘art' and some leftover props from the film Pitch Black.
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Coober Pedy Swimming Pool
When the mercury nudges 50°C, Coober Pedy Swimming Pool becomes a splashy human soup.
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Tours leaving from Desert Cave Hotel
Half-day tours leave from this hotel, taking in the town's attractions, the dog fence and Moon Plain.
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Radeka's Downunder Desert Breakaways Tour
A wandering tour that includes an underground home, fossicking, the Breakaways, an underground church, the Dog Fence and an active opal mine. Stargazing and Breakaways sunset tours also available.
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Oasis Tours
A good budget tour taking in the major town sights plus a little fossicking. Two-hour sunset Breakaways tours ($50 per person) also swing by the Dog Fence and the Moon Plain.
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Mail Run Tour
Coober Pedy–based full-day mail-run tours through the desert and along the Oodnadatta Track to Oodnadatta and William Creek return ($195).
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Desert Cave Tours
A convenient tour taking in town highlights plus the Dog Fence, Breakaways and Moon Plain. Also on offer are four-hour 'Down 'N' Dirty' opal-digging tours (per person $105).
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Arid Areas Tours
Offers 4WD tours around town, extending to the Painted Desert and the Breakaways.
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