Mukufuna malo apadera kuti abweretse ana ku Australia? Taganizirani za Coober Pedy , tauni ya minda yomwe ili ndi zaka makumi asanu ndi ziwiri yomwe imadziwika kuti "dugouts" -mitumba yojambula padziko lapansi kuti ateteze amisiri ku kutentha kwachitsulo, lingaliro loyamba lomwe asilikali a Aussie amachokera ku WWI. Dzina la tawuni limachokera ku mawu achi Aboriginal akuti kupereka-piti , kutanthauza "dzenje lakuyera."
Opal yoyamba inapezeka mu 1915 ndi mwana wazaka 14 dzina lake Willie Hutchison.
Phokoso la opal linatsatira, tawuni inayamba, ndipo lero Coober Pedy (pulogalamu 3,500) amapereka zochuluka zapamwamba zamtundu wapadziko lonse. Ambiri mwa anthu okhala m'tawuniyi akukhalabe m'mabwinja.
Muyenera kuchita ndi kuwona: Mabanja akhoza kukumba zofuna zawo , ndikufufuzako zokopa za tawuniyi, zomwe zimaphatikizapo malo osungirako zosungiramo zinthu zakale, mipingo ndi malo ena. Opales yoyamba ya Willie ikuwonetsedwabe ku Museum Museum ya Old Timers m'tawuni.
M'dera la The Jewel Box, pali malo osankhidwa "opossicking" opal. Kuwonongeka kwa nthaka kumatanthawuza kudutsa pamatombo a miyala ndi chotopa chaching'ono ndi fosholo. Pamene opal imapezeka kuwala kwa dzuwa, mukhoza kufufuza zizindikiro za mtundu, kapena "potcha." Kumalo ena, mungathe kuona zidazi zikudutsa pamtundu wozungulira mumdima wodetsedwa kuti muwone mosavuta.
Zosangalatsa zosangalatsa: Mzindawu unali malo enieni a Wim Wenders '"Mpakana kutha kwa dziko" mu 1991 ndi "Opal Dream" mu 2006.
Kunja kwa tawuni ndi Mtsinje wa Mwezi, malo osabisa, omwe amaoneka ngati malo osasunthika mu filimu yamatsenga "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome," malo akuluakulu mu "Adventures ya Priscilla, Mfumukazi ya Chipululu" ndipo adatumikira monga mapulaneti achilendo ku Hollywood sci-fi flick "Pitch Black."
Kufika kumeneko: Coober Pedy ndi pafupifupi 525 miles kumpoto kwa Adelaide pa Stuart Highway, kumpoto kwa Australia ku Australia. Mukhozanso kupita ku Coober Pedy pa Greyhound Bus kuchokera ku Adelaide kapena Alice Springs.
Nthawi yoti mupite: March mpaka November. Zidzakhala bwino kwambiri m'nyengo yozizira ku Australia (nyengo yozizira ku North America ndi Europe), pamene kutentha kumatha kufika madigiri 45 Fahrenheit. Mavuto otentha a m'chipululu m'nyengo yozizira ndi chifukwa chake anthu ambiri amakhala mmapanga omwe amadzikweza m'mapiri, otchedwa "dugouts". Zimatha kutentha kunja, koma ziphuphu zimakhalabe ozizira nthawi zonse.
Kumene mungakakhale: Mu mzinda wa minda wapaderawu, mungathe kukhala mumalo osungiramo zinthu zamtunda kapena B & Bs ku Coober Pedy, kapena kusankha hotelo yachikhalidwe.