We went through the Kanku-Breakaways Conservation Park, which is some weird mesa formations of brown and white that look like mine tailings, which has been used as scenery for some films made in and around Coober Pedy. Coober Pedy is weird.
Mining mounds made by these ubiquitous trucks with mining gear mounted on the back are all around Coober Pedy.
In Coober Pedy there are some mining museums and odd places to visit, with most people living in “dug outs” - underground or half underground houses. The main reason is because of the hot summers and cold winters, with temperatures underground being a lot steadier. It started because miners found it easier (and cooler) to just dig out a room in the mine to sleep in but the other reason was that there were no trees around to use for house construction.
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| Our accommodation in Coober Pedy |
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| Our car at the Breakaways |
We also saw the dog fence, which runs over 2,000km across SA to keep dogs/dingoes away from livestock in the south
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| The dog fence |
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| The road to Coober Pedy from Oodnadatta |
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