Welcome to Coober Pedy, the town that lives underground. Originally a mining town, many of the residents of Australia's Coober Pedy live in dugouts to escape the heat. During the town's summer months, ...

It's freezing cold, scorching hot and a source of Australia's opals. Here's what life's like when you have to jury-rig even the most basic tech to survive. Claire Reilly was a video host, journalist ...

A kangaroo has been rescued from an open cut mine shaft in opal fields near the outback town of Coober Pedy in South Australia's far north. A member of the public spotted the animal on Wednesday and ...

Coober Pedy is home to a small but diverse international community and mining and opal-themed attractions. ... Mounds of tailings dot the landscape where opal miners sift through the earth. ... Coober ...

A Riverland man is lucky to be alive after spending 24 hours stuck down a 25m mine shaft in Coober Pedy. The Riverland man, 47, was first reported missing by his wife to Coober Pedy Police on Friday ...

A 47-year-old man has been charged with murder following a fatal stabbing in the famous opal mining town of Coober Pedy in northern South Australia. Emergency services were called to Hutchinson St at ...