Thursday, 10 November 2011

Photos of Mintabie & Coober Pedy

Crossed the border  into S.A. on 25th October 2011

Test drilling for opal at Mintabie.They go down 30 feet.


Hot and dusty work in an arid landscape. Mintabie.


A disused opal mine. Mintabie.


Hoo Hoo disturbed my sleep??


A tormented land , gouged to pieces in the hunt for beauty. Outside Coober Pedy. 


Underground Serbian Orthodox Church.




There really IS light at the end of the tunnel...


Amazing scalloped roof carved out of the rock.


Underground bar at The Desert Cave Hotel. Coober Pedy.


Traditional entry to the opal mine.


Opal mine- Coober Pedy.


Underground Catholic Church. Coober Pedy.
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