https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/Recent content on Things To Do in Coober PedyHugoen-auFri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/big-winch-360-cafe/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/big-winch-360-cafe/Café and bar at the Big Winch lookout with the best sunset views in town.https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/big4-stuart-range-outback-resort/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/big4-stuart-range-outback-resort/Cabins, powered sites and a pool among palm-shaded grounds — great for families and caravans.https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/catacomb-church/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/catacomb-church/A cross-shaped underground church cut from sandstone in 1977, with fittings made from mulga wood and an old miner’s winch.https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/ck-confectionaire/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/ck-confectionaire/Bakery-café for great coffee, pastries, pies and Asian-fusion lunches.https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/coober-pedy-drive-in/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/coober-pedy-drive-in/A classic outback drive-in built in 1965 — one of the few still running in Australia.https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/coober-pedy-hospital/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/coober-pedy-hospital/The town’s hospital for emergency and general care. In an emergency call 000.https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/coober-pedy-police/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/coober-pedy-police/South Australia Police station serving Coober Pedy. Emergencies: 000. Non-urgent: 131 444.https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/coober-pedy-post-office/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/coober-pedy-post-office/Australia Post outlet for mail, parcels and bill payments.https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/coober-pedy-supermarket/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/coober-pedy-supermarket/The main grocery store for self-caterers and road-trippers stocking up.https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/coober-pedy-visitor-information-centre/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/coober-pedy-visitor-information-centre/Start here — maps, tours, Breakaways park passes, noodling info and local advice.https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/crocodile-harrys-dugout/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/crocodile-harrys-dugout/The wonderfully eccentric underground home of a former croc hunter — a Mad Max filming location.https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/desert-cave-hotel/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/desert-cave-hotel/Iconic underground hotel on Hutchison Street with rooms, restaurant, bar and opal displays.https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/down-to-erth-bnb/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/down-to-erth-bnb/Boutique underground bed & breakfast offering a true private dugout stay.https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/fayes-underground-home/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/fayes-underground-home/A hand-dug underground home famous for being excavated by three women — with an underground pool.https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/coober-pedy-fuel/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/coober-pedy-fuel/Fill up in town before long outback drives — the next fuel can be hours away.https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/public-noodling-area/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/public-noodling-area/Free, beginner-friendly fossicking — sift through mullock heaps and keep any opal you find.https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/johns-pizza-bar-restaurant/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/johns-pizza-bar-restaurant/Family-run favourite famous for pizza and pasta — try the ’native’ pizza with kangaroo.https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/josephines-gallery-kangaroo-orphanage/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/josephines-gallery-kangaroo-orphanage/Aboriginal art gallery and a kangaroo orphanage where you can meet rescued joeys — a family favourite.https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/kanku-breakaways-conservation-park/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/kanku-breakaways-conservation-park/Stunning Aboriginal-owned tablelands and colourful hills, 30 min north — unmissable at sunrise or sunset.https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/moon-plain/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/moon-plain/A vast, lunar gibber-stone desert used as a film location — utterly otherworldly.https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/old-timers-mine/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/old-timers-mine/Hand-dug 1916 opal mine turned museum, with an original underground home and self-guided tours.https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/opal-inn-hotel-motel/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/opal-inn-hotel-motel/Central above-ground hotel, motel and caravan park with a pub and bistro.https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/opal-shops-hutchison-street/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/opal-shops-hutchison-street/The main street is lined with opal showrooms and cutters selling stones straight from the fields.https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/outback-bar-and-grill/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/outback-bar-and-grill/Open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner — roasts, burgers, schnitzels, pasta and daily specials.https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/coober-pedy-mail-run-tour/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/coober-pedy-mail-run-tour/A full-day legendary mail-delivery tour along the Oodnadatta Track to remote stations and towns.https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/painted-desert-arckaringa/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/painted-desert-arckaringa/Remote, multi-coloured hills about 2.5 hours away — a spectacular 4WD-friendly day trip.https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/radeka-downunder/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/radeka-downunder/Central underground motel and budget rooms up to 6.5m below ground, plus backpacker dorms.https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/ribas-underground-camping/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/ribas-underground-camping/The world’s first underground camping — pitch a tent in a mine, plus sites and a nightly mine tour.https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/scenic-flights-coober-pedy/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/scenic-flights-coober-pedy/Charter flights over the moonscape, opal fields, Breakaways and Lake Eyre when in flood.https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/serbian-orthodox-church/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/serbian-orthodox-church/The largest underground church in town — 17m below ground, with carved rock walls and stained glass.https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/big-winch-lookout/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/big-winch-lookout/Coober Pedy’s highest point — 360° town views, a café and the famous Big Winch sculpture.https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/the-dog-fence/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/the-dog-fence/See a stretch of the world’s longest fence — 5,600km built to keep dingoes from the south-east.https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/lookout-cave-underground-motel/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/lookout-cave-underground-motel/Underground motel rooms and dugout apartments with kitchens — sleep inside the rock.https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/mud-hut-motel/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/mud-hut-motel/Above-ground motel with ground-floor rooms and apartments — easy access and parking at the door.https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/the-spaceship/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/the-spaceship/A film prop spaceship from the movie Pitch Black, parked in town — a fun free photo stop.https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/the-underground-motel/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/the-underground-motel/Quiet underground motel on the edge of town with Breakaways views and a guest kitchen.https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/umoona-opal-mine-museum/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/things-to-do/umoona-opal-mine-museum/Walk through a real underground mine, a museum and a preserved dugout home — one of the town’s top attractions.https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/heritage/underground-churches/Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/heritage/underground-churches/How a multicultural mining town built some of the world’s most extraordinary churches underground.https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/heritage/the-opal-rush/Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/heritage/the-opal-rush/From a teenager’s 1915 find to the opal capital of the world — the story of the rush.https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/heritage/movies-filmed-in-coober-pedy/Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/heritage/movies-filmed-in-coober-pedy/The lunar landscape that doubled as another planet — Coober Pedy on screen.https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/heritage/cave-homes-of-coober-pedy/Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thingstodoincooberpedy.com/heritage/cave-homes-of-coober-pedy/Why more than half of Coober Pedy lives underground — the story of the 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