Welcome to Coober Pedy, the town that lives underground. Originally a mining town, many of the residents of Australia's Coober Pedy live in dugouts to escape the heat. During the town's summer months, ...

Most of the time, when people refer to a place as "being underground", they're speaking figuratively. That isn't the case in ...

Andrew Brockhoff and his partner, Sandy Williams, have renovated several Coober Pedy dugouts and Mr Brockhoff said there was strong demand for good underground homes in the desert opal-mining town.

In Coober Pedy, located on the Stuart Highway in Southern Australia, almost all of the 2,000 residents live underground. Thanks to extremely hot temperatures that typically go over 104 degrees ...

A truly one-of-a-kind South Australian home with a fascinating history is up for grabs - and it even comes with a swimming pool in the living room. In the mining town of Coober Pedy - also known as ...

It's freezing cold, scorching hot and a source of Australia's opals. Here's what life's like when you have to jury-rig even the most basic tech to survive. Claire Reilly was a video host, journalist ...

Due to the extreme weather in the town of Coober Pedy, located in southern Australia, most locals choose to live underground. Construction on Desert Cave Hotel began in 1984. The hotel finally opened ...

"When I see the earth, my palms get itchy," says Trevor Berry. The Adelaide native first came to the largely subterranean town of Coober Pedy in South Australia's mineral-rich outback on a school trip ...

A former state government minister has revealed his first focus to get a debt-laden Outback council back on track - and locals say change can’t come fast enough. Mr Conlon, who took over as Coober ...