Well, these days underground town is purely a unique
idea. The Coober Pedy is a small mining town with a small population of just
under 2,000. Coober Pedy is a town in northern South Australia, 846 kilometers
north of Adelaide on the Stuart Highway. but it's also recognized "opal
capital of the world" and has been constantly supplying most of the
world's gem-quality opal since it was first founded in 1915. In this waterless
environment, not too much doings goes on above ground and instead, the
community exists in a network of tunnels underneath the desert earth, inside
some 1,500 homes and dwellings they call their "dug-outs". Coober
Pedy began attracting curious tourists in the 1980s when the first hotel was
built - underground, of course.
Moreover, besides the interest of subterranean
sleeping though, the town boasts a network of underground shops, bars, museums
and several other attractions to visit. Therefore, an average cave home at
approximately 8 to 22 feet below ground level with modern amenities, numerous
bedrooms, living area, kitchen, and bathroom can be excavated out of the rock
for pretty much the same price as building a house above surface (excluding the
air conditioning bills). These modern design homes have support pillars about
40 inches thick and natural air shafts for ventilation. Though, there's no
sewage in underground Coober Bedy so kitchens and bathrooms are always
preferred to construct above ground, basically the front rooms of the house,
where the dug-out entrance lies. During the night time, you can head above
ground for a game of nocturnal golf on Coober Bedy's infrequent grass-free
desert golf course. After dark, players are relaxing to use glowing balls and a
carry a small piece of “turf” around to use for teeing off.
