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Coober Pedy
Population 1,762 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Visas and entry What your passport needs for Australia
Daylight 10 h 18 in Jun, dark by 16:55 · 13 h 59 in Dec
- January: 13 h 48 of daylight
- February: 13 h 06 of daylight
- March: 12 h 18 of daylight
- April: 11 h 25 of daylight
- May: 10 h 41 of daylight
- June: 10 h 18 of daylight
- July: 10 h 27 of daylight
- August: 11 h 03 of daylight
- September: 11 h 53 of daylight
- October: 12 h 45 of daylight
- November: 13 h 33 of daylight
- December: 13 h 59 of daylight
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Film set: Pitch Black Space Ship Ruins · 170 m
- Coober Pedy Sign Attraction · 180 m
- Umoona Opal Mine & Museum Museum · 200 m
- The Cave (Faye's First Underground Home) Museum · 210 m
- The Big Winch Viewpoint · 360 m
- Josephine’s Kangaroo Sanctuary and Art Gallery Attraction · 450 m
- Old Timers Mine & Museum Attraction · 470 m
- Opal Cave Attraction · 710 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Somewhere to run
Getting around
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