We checked into the caravan park, set up camp and went into town to explore. We started at the Old Timers Mine and museum, only because this was the number one thing to do in Coober Pedy on Trip Advisor. There are so many mines, museums, opal stores and underground houses to visit that we had no idea where to start!! The opal mine was quite interesting, Troy enjoyed the audio guide while the kids and I explored it ourselves.
As well as the mine, the original owner of this mine had also dug out a house for his family, so we were able to see an underground house too.
The museum gave some history of the town, the overland telegraph line and of outback South Australia. Overall this was quite an interesting place. We also went to see the big winch.
From here we went to a hotel that was partially underground too. This also had a whole lot of information about opals, and about Coober Pedy.
We then went to an underground restaurant for dinner. Once seated, it was hard to tell we were underground.
The food was excellent, and we had an enjoyable night.
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