Coober Pedy, Australia

we arrived in Coober Pedy early in the morning and the town was still shut! Coober Pedy is famous for opal mines, houses underground (as the heat is so fierce it was described as 'face melting in the Lonely Planet) and films such as Priscilla, Mad Max 3, Red Zone and Pitch Black. We had two hours to spend in the town so we went to the Old Timers Mine, which is an mine and museum that gives you a glimpse into how things were from 1916 onwards. It was interesting but also had the feel of a scholl project. There were a couple of examples of rooms of how people would have lived underground in the 70s and 80s. Good to see but I wouldn't want to live that way.
I loved Coober Pedy, we have visited lots of amazing cultural places along the way, temples, Wats and museums, this was a place with e good sense of humour, which I think must be a necessity if you lived in this strange town. I might have loved the town but I'm not in a hurry to go back!