Sonja's is a perfect home base for a visit to the fascinating
opal mining town of Lightning Ridge, on the edge of the outback in northwestern NSW.
See Lake Eyre, visit
the opal mining town of Coober Pedy and enjoy spectacular outback scenery and sunsets on this five day tour.
On the way to Uluru / Kata Tjuta National Park we visit Mintabie, which is an active
opal mining town.
Day Three — Depart Adelaide approximately 0700 for
the opal mining town of Andamooka via Port Augusta, where we explore the Flinders Ranges and Outback in the Wadlata Outback Centres Tunnel of Time.
Day Seven — Today we travel to White Cliffs the oldest
opal mining town in Australia.
Travel to the unique
opal mining town of Coober Pedy, where people live underground to avoid the heat.
Spend one night underground in an outback
opal mining town.
Highlights of The Boomerang Alice Springs to Adelaide two day tour includes
the opal mining town of Coober Pedy, Glendambo and Port Augusta.
For a holiday in the opal capital, Opal Inn offers cool comfort and a range of facilities that will make your outback
opal mining town stay a pleasure.
Not exact matches
When the imaginary friends of a young girl living in Australia's Lightning Ridge
opal -
mining town go missing, the inexplicable illness that befalls her soon prompts her brother to organize a desperate search for his sister's transparent pals in director Peter Cattaneo's adaptation of Ben Rice's popular children's novella.
Case in point: I was in a jewelry store in a Mexican
town where the
mining of
opals is big business.
We'll get the chance to visit the
Opal Mine and Museum where you'll learn the history of the
town.
Day 9 We spend the morning in Coober Pedy and take a tour of the
town and an
opal mine.
This
town is
opal mining in its rare form.
Coober Pedy is a
town of 4,000 people known for its
opal mining, and because most residents live underground.
The
town is
opal mining in its «rare» form.
Experience an Outback Australia farmstay in a place where a farm can be as big as Belgium, the beauty of the Daintree rainforest and wetlands, the sparkle and fun of Sydney, the beautiful beaches of Byron Bay and the Whitsunday Islands, the wonders of the Great Barrier Reef, the underground houses of the
opal -
mining town of Coober Pedy, the wineries and natural beauty of the Margaret River region, swimming with dolphins at Monkey Mia and the lush tropical wilderness of Kakadu National Park.
The entire
town is underground and is famous for
opal mining.
We then travel to Tibooburra, the most remote
town in New South Wales and on to the
opal -
mining town of White Cliffs.
Tour explores the Mound Springs area (part of the Great Artesian Basin) see underground
opal mining, tour the magnificent Breakaway country and visit Australia's first and only rocket launching
town.
The
town of 3,500 people has four churches, several shops, galleries and museums (such as the Umoona
Opal Mine and Museum) that are all underground.