HEAVEN IN THE SOIL OFF

teungkuzur (43)in #travel • 7 years ago (edited)

Coober Pedy is a small town located south of Australia. This place began populated since 1915 which started since the discovery of opal stone by 14-year-old boy at the time. This place is dubbed opal capital of the world, because it becomes the only place in the world that produces opal in large numbers. The majority of residents work as miners and although this small town has a population of 3500 people, it is no wonder that someone who visited this place for the first time only met with silence like a ghost town that has died because 80% of the population lives underground.

Silent and lifeless

The barren plain of Coober Pedy is a famous thing. Not many people like this place when it comes first because of its ugly and barren land. In addition, the deep solitude in this place also makes the hair goose bumps. But there are also people who come and settle for loving a lonely and desolate place in this quiet city life. As mentioned at the beginning of the article, if Coober Pedy "does look" like a city abandoned by its inhabitants because this silence comes from those who leave life on the ground and live underground.

Underground dwelling

Living in a small town barren and filled with mining activities is not an easy thing. We will imagine a city with a barren land with dust flying everywhere, besides the hot weather throughout the season can drive out the passion and spirit of its inhabitants. To avoid such things, they choose to live underground, avoid the sun and make a comfortable place to live.

Never entered the movie too

This barren and dusty city is also famous in the movie world, as evidenced by several famous films choosing this place as a filming location like The Fire In The Stone, The Ground Zero, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, and other films.

Gloomy from the outside, interesting from the inside

coober pedy not like the city in general that it is difficult to survive the hot high-level and the lack of moisture due to extreme weather. although look gloomy from the outside, in fact behind it all, the population has been set up a comfortable place to live in the underground with all human needs the city. underground coober pedy, they also have an interesting places like Museum, casino, bars, bowling, game Center, and others like a city's infrastructure above the ground. in addition to the entertainment, the people "underground" it's also have access adequate in terms of health and education as clinic, schools, shopping, bookstore, even the police station in underground there is also tablets.

not just any Goa underground ordinary

you may think if stay in the underground means a person has dig a hole and make the rooms are used to survive. apparently not bachelor in economics-simple it! fact, Chambers they created has become the structure of the system Goa modern built and maintained its infrastructure. Chambers and the halls in underground this already have ventilation system itself useful to keep the temperature modulated or awake for decent liveable humans. like to make SeaWorld but that this version is below the land. cool right?

traveling & lodging coober pedy

although the living in the underground, no need to imagine if you would wear clothes leather animals or sleep paved with Clay. in fact, tourists was very avid come to this place because they are offered a variety of luxury hotels and some hostel that can be selected by the backpac.