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Coober Pedy Opal, opal rough, cut opal, crystal opal, Single stones and parcels, red and, green opal, opal set in jewellery all available from Desert Fire Opal, all Australian ....

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Scenery from the centre of town from the big winch

All the colours are displayed in the dry outback. These hills are locally called the Breakaways about 20km north of Coober Pedy	.
	These hills are a main attraction of the desert landscape of Coober Pedy locally known as the Breakaways. The opal levels have been eroded away. No opal has been found on the plain
Arial photo of the opal field "Seventeen Mile" field. Millions of dollars of opal rough have been mined from this field. It was at its peak production in the 1970s. Opal was being found in huge runs on this field.
	Dust front with roll cloud. All sorts of unusual weather is found in this outback opal town.
A good lightning display is a rare treat in the dry outback - this storm brought little rain and huge winds that blew some roofs of houses in Coober Pedy. Most of our rain is through summer thunder storms - very worrying if you have your machinery underground on the opal fields.
This picture is a panorama view during a dust storm. While it was passing visibility was about 5m. Dust storms like this happen about every 24 months in Coober Pedy

If you are unfortunate to get sick in Coober Pedy the Royal Flying doctor is available to transport you to Adelaide or Port Augusta, 550-900 km away to receive treatment.
	REX commercial airline departing for Adelaide with the Olympic opal field in the distance. Notice the heat haze.
Opal sunrise over the town of Coober Pedy the colours of the gems below the ground are reflected in the sky above
	Spectacular colour displayed in this desert sunrise over Coober Pedy
Moon Rising from the desert floor into a clear night sky
	Local miners catching up on the local news in front of the post office and liquor store.
View looking East down Hutchison street
	Another busy day in Coober Pedy
Local drive in still used once a month
	Local hospital entrance: The local hospital has 40 beds and an indigenous aged care centre is built along side.
Local Anglican church run by the Bush church Aid about 20 people attend regularly
	North west Ridge dugouts in the side and houses on top! Notice the ventilation pipes coming up from underground rooms
Another view of a house on a hill with dugout below
	This hill is called ice cream hill as even before it had any dugouts in it it was all white
The area with all the trees was dug out in the 60s when the Mines Warden was on holidays ( mining in the town area was not allowed ) when he returned a heap of bulldozers had been and taken the opal from the shallow levels and gone. The opal was good quality so the area was called the Jewellers Shop.
Not every body in Coober Pedy live in dugouts as can be seen from this picture

Digging opal is our life

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Phone / Fax 61 8 86 725 210 (outside Australia )
Phone/ Fax 08 86 725 210 (within Australia)

Snail mail me :           Darren Underwood
                        Po Box 932
                           Coober Pedy
                              South Australia
            5723

Desert fire opal is located in Coober Pedy Outback South Australia
Coober Pedy rough and cut opal is what we specialise in.