Activities in Outback
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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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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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Arabunna Tours
Aboriginal-owned company offering cultural tours from Adelaide to the Flinders Ranges, Marree, Oodnadatta Track and Lake Eyre.
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