About Coober Pedy, South Australia
Map Of Coober Peady
Coober Pedy (traditional lands of the Arabana people) is a opal mining town in northern South Australia, 846 km north of Adelaide on the Stuart Highway. The name "Coober Pedy" comes from the an Aboriginal term kupa-piti, which means "whitefellas' hole".
The town is sometimes referred to as the "opal capital of the world" because of the quantity of precious opals that are mined there.
The town is built in one of the hottest and most inhospitable climates in Australia – a landscape almost devoid of trees and vegetation where summer temperatures regularly reach 47 degrees. The climate is so hot; many people live in below-ground residences called "dugouts".
In the 2016 Census, there were 1,762 people in Coober Pedy
Find out more at: https://www.cooberpedy.com
Recent Photos taken from our trip to Coober Pedy in April 2021/2022 for their annual Gem Trade Show:
By: Penelope Jackson (resized for web purposed)
