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Visit Umoona Opal Mine and Museum - Coober
Pedy's premier underground tourist attraction.
An original opal mine on Coober Pedy's main
street, Umoona has been converted into the town's largest single underground tourist
attraction -a “must see” in Coober Pedy.
- Opal cutting and polishing displays.
- An opal mine with guided tours available.
- Genuine dug-out home on display.
- Historic opal mining interpretive centre.
- Aboriginal interpretive information and
film.
- Award-winning documentary video “The
Story of Opal.”
- Three-screen projection underground theatre.
- Display of fossils
from SA Museum.
- Wide range of opal and opal jewellery for
sale
- Postcards and souvenirs
- Accommodation for coach groups
- Multilingual staff
- Open 365 days per year
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Museum Admission to Umoona's
extensive museum is FREE.
Guided Tours
- Tour times 10 am, 12 noon, 2 pm, 4 pm daily
- Cost - $10.00 adult, $5.00 children. Family
rates and coach group rates available.
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Coober
Pedy
- gem of a town |
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Australian Outback, 846 km north of Adelaide along the Stuart Highway to Alice Springs,
lies a town fascinating enough to draw visitors from all over the world. It has been
described as looking much like the surface of the moon - dotted with mine shafts and
mullock heaps from 8 decades of mining. The opal mining town of Coober Pedy (Kupa piti -
an aboriginal expression meaning something like "white man's hole in the
ground") is a name synonymous with Australia's national gem, and offers a truly
unique tourism experience for visitors to this remote outback area. Coober Pedy is the largest opal mining town in the world, and together with
Andamooka and Mintabie; it produces more than 90% of the world"s opals.
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