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You are looking for 3 Star Hotels in Coober Pedy, South Australia, Australia. We are bringing you one step closer to finding your perfect accommodation solution.
In Coober Pedy we have holiday accommodation properties of the following types: 3 Star Hotels and Bed and Breakfasts.
Some of our popular destinations for holiday accommodation in Coober Pedy include: Adelaide, Adelaide Hills, Barossa Valley, Coober Pedy, Coorong, Fleurieu Peninsular, Glenelg, Kangaroo Island, Kingscote, Limestone Coast, Mclaren Vale, Morgan, Mount Gambier, Riverland, Stansbury and Yorke Penninsula.
Our featured holiday accommodation properties in Coober Pedy include: Underground Bed & Breakfast and Comfort Inn Coober Pedy Experience Motel.
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Comfort Inn Coober Pedy Experience Motel :: 3 Star Hotel in Coober Pedy |
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Comfort Inn Coober Pedy Experience Motel
Address - Crowders Gully Road, 5723, Coober Pedy
General Information
Australia's biggest and best known opal town dates back to 1915 when a teenager stumbled on the "Surface Opal Nobbies" while gold prospecting with his father. The first mining claim was pegged on 9th February 1915 and in 1956 the largest precious opal gem in the world named "Olympic Australis" was found. Today there are many opal producing fields in Coober Pedy which are all located within a 40 km radius of the town.
Nearly half of the population live in inexpensive underground homes called "dugouts". It therefore makes the Aboriginal name for Coober Pedy "White man''s burrow" particularly apt.
Many of the dugouts are elaborate with all modern conveniences and sustain an all year temperature of 25 degrees Celsius. During the height of Summer temperatures reach into the 50's outside whilst in winter the temperatures fall below 10 degrees. Most of the year it is glorious weather - one day perfect the next, averaging mid 20's. The annual rainfall is only 110mm making water as precious as the opal that is mined..
The town is situated at the edge of the Stuart Range on a treeless plain, which is covered with only sparse scrub and thousands of working and abandoned mines as far as the eye can see. This desolate landscape was obviously why Coober Pedy is chosen for the shooting of many feature movies. These inclued: Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, (which starred Tina Turner and Mel Gibson), Mars The Red Planet (starring Val Kilmer (Batman)) Pitch Black and the latest being a comedy "Down & Under" yet to be screened..
The mysterious lunar landscape makes Coober Pedy a unique and special place where you could arrive with just the shirt on your back and leave a millionaire. Many people have found opal whilst walking around, kicking stones over, or noodling (fossiking) in the disused mining dumps.
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 You are looking for 3 Star Hotels in Coober Pedy, South Australia, Australia
Our featured holiday accommodation properties in Coober Pedy include: Comfort Inn Coober Pedy Experience Motel and Underground Bed & Breakfast.
In Coober Pedy we have holiday accommodation properties of the following types: 3 Star Hotels and Bed and Breakfasts.
Some of our popular destinations for holiday accommodation in Coober Pedy include: Adelaide, Adelaide Hills, Barossa Valley, Coober Pedy, Coorong, Fleurieu Peninsular, Glenelg, Kangaroo Island, Kingscote, Limestone Coast, Mclaren Vale, Morgan, Mount Gambier, Riverland, Stansbury and Yorke Penninsula.
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