Lisa Gaillard

Coober Pedy Holidays

Coober Pedy is a mining town in South Australia. Down Under, they call it the world's opal capital.

Visit Coober Pedy

Handicraft
Art & Culture
Museums

Coober Pedy: How to get there?

539km drive from Port Augusta

Coober Pedy: See when to go?

From April to October

Coober Pedy: For how long?

1 to 2 days

Learn more about your destination

Coober Pedy: What to see nearby?

Cairns

Parc national de Blue Montains

Bondi Beach

Alice Springs

What our travellers think of their stay

Olivia Merlen

Travel writer

Coober Pedy is a mining town in South Australia. Down Under, they call it the world's opal capital.

My suggestion

If you arrive from the north, stop at Breakaways. To drive across flat hilltops, in the middle of the desert, gives you amazing views of the region's colourful, arid landscape.

Lisa Gaillard

Travel writer

Coober Pedy, called "the white man's hole" in the aboriginal language, is a troglodyte mining village in South Australia. It is the world opal capital and is the place where Mad Max 3 and Priscilla, Queen of the Desert were filmed.

My suggestion

Visit the opal shops; chat with the miners/tradesmen; visit one of the underground churches and the Umoona museum. Spend the night in an underground hotel!

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