[Rockhounds] Australia’s subterranean oasis

[Tim Fisher]

Saw that on TV, it would drive me nuts until I got over the claustrophobia. I went caving in college with a local club and they forgot to mention that we had to squeeze through some insanely tight passages. My roommate and I stopped at a really nice room and waited it out. We were convinced after 4 hours that they were stuck and we needed to go for help and started back out. They showed up in the room and started yelling at us when we weren't in the room because we went the wrong way trying to get back out. At least it cured me of any desire to go into abandoned mine shafts. And any caves without a guide and a walkway :)

Tim Fisher
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Nothing about the Australian town of Coober Pedy is for the faint of heart – it’s blisteringly hot, located in the country’s remote Outback interior and is usually covered in a thin veil of red dust from local opal mines.
But rather than move to a cooler, more hospitable climate, residents have gotten creative, building a subterranean community in old mines and creating everything from dug-out homes to churches. Today, around 60% of Coober Pedy’s 3,500 locals live underground.

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20191121-australias-subterranean-oasis
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