Coober Pedy

Introduction

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Coober Pedy is a town in the South Australian outback, along the main tarred road from Adelaide to Alice Springs, the Stuart Highway. It is most famous for being the "Opal Capital of the World". The town has about 2,000 inhabitants, but thousands of more travellers find their way to this town annually.

Sights and Activities

• Visiting the mines
• Underground The Serbian Orthodox Church
• The Graveyard!
• The hinterland, notably the Breakaways and Moon Plain - backgrounds for movies like Mad Max

Weather

Coober Pedy is a dry, sunny and hot place. Summers from late October to early April are warm to extremely hot. Temperatures close to 50 °C have been measured and without the possibility of seeking for shade under trees, it doesn't come as a surprise that many people's homes and even a church are underground! Average highs are mostly around 35 °C during this time and nights are relatively pleasant at 20 °C.
Winters are from June to August with a nice 18-21 °C during the day and a rather chilly 6-7 °C at night.
Precipitation is just around 150mm a year, quite evenly distributed among the months though winters are just slightly drier.

Getting There

By Plane

Regional Express flies to Coober Pedy Airport (CPD) from Adelaide.

By Train

The Ghan from Adelaide to Darwin stops in Manguri Siding, 47 kilometres from Coober Pedy. Arrange transfers before arrival if you want to get out here and visit Coober Pedy.

By Car

The Stuart Highway runs just west from town, with direct access from here. Adelaide is about 850 kilometres away, Alice Springs 650 kilometres and it is a massive 2,170 kilometres to Darwin.

By Bus

Greyhound Australia has nightbuses from Adelaide (10,5 hours) and buses during the day from Alice Springs (9 hours).

Getting Around

By Car

To visit Coober Pedy's hinterland you will definately need a car and preferably a 4wd. Otherwise go on a tour, which are good value.

By Foot and Bike

Coober Pedy is small enough to explore on foot, or by bike if you want to venture to the outskirts of town.

Sleep

Also, the Mud Hut Hotel offers motelstyle rooms for a decent price.

Keep Connected

Phone

See also: International Telephone Calls

Post

Australia Post is the government's postal service. Most reasonably sizable townssuburbs will have at least one post office. A standard letter or postcard sent within Australia will cost $0.55. Internationally, it costs $1.40 to send postcards anywhere in the world. Letters cost $1.45 to send within the Asia Pacific region and $2.10 to anywhere else in the world. ^[1]. It is also possible to send things as parcels or by express mail.