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 ...

Coober Pedy is home to a small but diverse international community and mining and opal-themed attractions. ... Mounds of tailings dot the landscape where opal miners sift through the earth. ... Coober ...

The Jan. 14 edition of Sunday TODAY featured a story on Coober Pedy, Australia, a remote town where opal mining and underground dugouts make for a community that's like no other. Below, Sunday TODAY ...

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, ...

No town in Australia conjures up images of the outback like Coober Pedy, the famous opal-mining town where the searing heat drives residents underground. The town has plenty of accommodations that ...

The remote town of Coober Pedy, Australia, is home to about 2,000 people, many of whom gravitated there to mine opal. The extreme climate of the Outback meant residents had to find creative ways to ...