The landscape of Coober Pedy, Australia, includes opal mines that look like giant ant hills, and underground dwellings where residents live to escape temperatures that can hit 127 degrees.

The nearest major city to Coober Pedy is Adelaide, which is a nine-hour drive away. Flickr Matthew Hadley - Flickr/Creative Commons Coober Pedy's lack of grass doesn't stop locals from golfing.

The location is a secluded town in southern Australia - Coober Pedy. It's about 850 kilometers north of Adelaide. ... That's small potatoes for major oil companies, ...

My interest in Coober Pedy came via its connection with the British nuclear testing program of the 1950s and 1960s, conducted 200 miles away at Maralinga. Into the 1980s, ...

Coober Pedy drive-in: Huge upgrade, film museum mooted Outback destination. Adelaide’s last drive-in cinema may have bitten the dust but a remote SA town is betting big dollars that the city’s ...

Coober Pedy, a small town in the southern Australian outback over 500 miles from the nearest city, is vast, flat, and arid.In the summer, the heat can climb to 113ºF in the shade, leaving the ...

Coober Pedy hybrid grid operating at world leading 70% share of renewables, and at 100% wind and solar for more than half the time. ... and will be the first major mine to combine wind, ...