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Welcome to the Old Timers Mine Coober Pedy

South Australia's best Tourist Attraction 2011

 

Welcome to the Old Timers Mine, Coober Pedy South Australia,winner of many tourism awards including tqual01 theSouth Australia Heritage and Cultural tourism award. A SouthAustralia tourist attraction 850 kilometres north of Adelaide,Coober Pedy weather is a town of great extremes pleasant in thewinter and hot in the summer as appose to Adelaide weather. CooberPedy is situated in the Flinders Rangers and Outback regions.

 

The Old Timers Mine and Museum opens a window on the fascinatinghistory of opal mining in Coober Pedy, revealing not only the hardphysical grind and the occasional bonanza that was mining in theearly days, but also an intriguing mystery at the heart of themine.

oldtimer Theoriginal mine dates back to 1916, but the old miners, whoever theywere, concealed its existence by back-filling the shafts. Themystery is why they never...

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Old Timers Mine Video

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Beneath the Earth

Roadtrip Australia: Van-Tastic Adventures in Coober Pedy

Things get heart-poundingly spooky and head-poundingly clumsy when Willie and Andrew visit Coober Pedy's Old Timers Mine on their roadtrip through the Northern Territory of Australia with Van-Tastic Adventures.

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