Things To Do in Coober Pedy
The complete directory of things to do in Coober Pedy — attractions, opal mines, eateries, places to stay, tours and day trips.
Browse everything Coober Pedy has to offer. Use the filters, the map, or just ask Miner Rob to plan your trip.
- Eateries
Big Winch 360 Café & Bar
Café and bar at the Big Winch lookout with the best sunset views in town.
- Kid-friendly
- Accommodation
BIG4 Stuart Range Outback Resort
Cabins, powered sites and a pool among palm-shaded grounds — great for families and caravans.
- Kid-friendly
- Attractions
Catacomb Church (Anglican)
A cross-shaped underground church cut from sandstone in 1977, with fittings made from mulga wood and an old miner's winch.
- Free
- Underground
- Eateries
CK Confectionaire
Bakery-café for great coffee, pastries, pies and Asian-fusion lunches.
- Kid-friendly
- Attractions
Coober Pedy Drive-In Cinema
A classic outback drive-in built in 1965 — one of the few still running in Australia.
- Kid-friendly
- Essentials
Coober Pedy Hospital
The town's hospital for emergency and general care. In an emergency call 000.
- Accessible
- Essentials
Coober Pedy Police Station
South Australia Police station serving Coober Pedy. Emergencies: 000. Non-urgent: 131 444.
- Accessible
- Shopping services
Coober Pedy Post Office
Australia Post outlet for mail, parcels and bill payments.
- Accessible
- Shopping services
Coober Pedy Supermarket (IGA/Foodland)
The main grocery store for self-caterers and road-trippers stocking up.
- Accessible
- Essentials
Coober Pedy Visitor Information Centre
Start here — maps, tours, Breakaways park passes, noodling info and local advice.
- Free
- Accessible
- Attractions
Crocodile Harry's Dugout
The wonderfully eccentric underground home of a former croc hunter — a Mad Max filming location.
- Underground
- Accommodation
Desert Cave Hotel
Iconic underground hotel on Hutchison Street with rooms, restaurant, bar and opal displays.
- Kid-friendly
- Underground
- Accommodation
Down to Erth B&B
Boutique underground bed & breakfast offering a true private dugout stay.
- Underground
- Attractions
Faye's Underground Home
A hand-dug underground home famous for being excavated by three women — with an underground pool.
- Underground
- Shopping services
Fuel & Service Stations
Fill up in town before long outback drives — the next fuel can be hours away.
- Opal mining
Jewell Box Public Noodling Area
Free, beginner-friendly fossicking — sift through mullock heaps and keep any opal you find.
- Free
- Kid-friendly
- Eateries
John's Pizza Bar & Restaurant
Family-run favourite famous for pizza and pasta — try the 'native' pizza with kangaroo.
- Kid-friendly
- Attractions
Josephine's Gallery & Kangaroo Orphanage
Aboriginal art gallery and a kangaroo orphanage where you can meet rescued joeys — a family favourite.
- Kid-friendly
- Accessible
- Day trips
Kanku-Breakaways Conservation Park
Stunning Aboriginal-owned tablelands and colourful hills, 30 min north — unmissable at sunrise or sunset.
- Kid-friendly
- Day trips
Moon Plain
A vast, lunar gibber-stone desert used as a film location — utterly otherworldly.
- Free
- Attractions
Old Timers Mine
Hand-dug 1916 opal mine turned museum, with an original underground home and self-guided tours.
- Kid-friendly
- Underground
- Accommodation
Opal Inn Hotel Motel & Caravan Park
Central above-ground hotel, motel and caravan park with a pub and bistro.
- Kid-friendly
- Opal mining
Opal Shops on Hutchison Street
The main street is lined with opal showrooms and cutters selling stones straight from the fields.
- Accessible
- Eateries
Outback Bar & Grill
Open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner — roasts, burgers, schnitzels, pasta and daily specials.
- Kid-friendly
- Tours
Outback Mail Run Tour
A full-day legendary mail-delivery tour along the Oodnadatta Track to remote stations and towns.
Details unverified - Day trips
Painted Desert (Arckaringa Hills)
Remote, multi-coloured hills about 2.5 hours away — a spectacular 4WD-friendly day trip.
Details unverified - Accommodation
Radeka Downunder Motel & Backpackers
Central underground motel and budget rooms up to 6.5m below ground, plus backpacker dorms.
- Underground
- Accommodation
Riba's Underground Camping & Caravan Park
The world's first underground camping — pitch a tent in a mine, plus sites and a nightly mine tour.
- Kid-friendly
- Underground
- Tours
Scenic Flights over the Opal Fields
Charter flights over the moonscape, opal fields, Breakaways and Lake Eyre when in flood.
Details unverified - Attractions
Serbian Orthodox Church of St Elijah
The largest underground church in town — 17m below ground, with carved rock walls and stained glass.
- Free
- Underground
- Attractions
The Big Winch Scenic Lookout
Coober Pedy's highest point — 360° town views, a café and the famous Big Winch sculpture.
- Free
- Kid-friendly
- Day trips
The Dog Fence (Dingo Fence)
See a stretch of the world's longest fence — 5,600km built to keep dingoes from the south-east.
- Free
- Accommodation
The Lookout Cave Underground Motel
Underground motel rooms and dugout apartments with kitchens — sleep inside the rock.
- Kid-friendly
- Underground
- Accommodation
The Mud Hut Motel
Above-ground motel with ground-floor rooms and apartments — easy access and parking at the door.
- Kid-friendly
- Accessible
- Attractions
The Spaceship (Pitch Black Prop)
A film prop spaceship from the movie Pitch Black, parked in town — a fun free photo stop.
- Free
- Kid-friendly
- Accommodation
The Underground Motel
Quiet underground motel on the edge of town with Breakaways views and a guest kitchen.
- Underground
- Attractions
Umoona Opal Mine & Museum
Walk through a real underground mine, a museum and a preserved dugout home — one of the town's top attractions.
- Kid-friendly
- Underground
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