Coober Pedy, Opal-rich Underground town in Australia

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	Coober Pedy, Opal-rich Underground town in Australia
hitchhiker08
6-10-2008 1:52 AM
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opal, semi-precious stones, underground living, alternate accommodation, bizarre
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6-10-2008 2:29 AM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/82060df1-6e7a-4e4c-b1ce-81dd6e7cd023/A394AF5C-9EEF-4441-BBD3-D1C9C0FCC967/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/the-underground-town.html" href="http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/the-underground-town.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.odditycentral.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/the-underground-town.html"><H1 id="post-3057"><A title="Permanent Link: The underground town" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/the-underground-town.html">The underground town</A></H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/the-underground-town.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.odditycentral.com/img/42E9D912-8C38-4718-AA4D-5CB28C093A82" alt="coober_pedy.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/the-underground-town.html">Coober Pedy is a place where people like to live underground.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/the-underground-town.html"><STRONG>Coober Pedy</STRONG> is a small <STRONG>Australian town</STRONG>, famous for being <STRONG>the opal capital of the world</STRONG> because of the large quantity of opal stones that are mined here</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/the-underground-town.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.odditycentral.com/img/41E11414-D5FC-48E4-A232-1ADEBB70CA78" alt="coober_pedy1.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/the-underground-town.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.odditycentral.com/img/818994D2-D745-44B7-AEF4-2B34889A2B9E" alt="coober_pedy2.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/the-underground-town.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.odditycentral.com/img/91CC7438-CFE4-4028-9186-F413FCAA0CD1" alt="coober_pedy3.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/the-underground-town.html">What people don’t know about this place is that the locals mostly like to live underground. A tradition that goes back to the early 1900, when the first miners arrived in the area, <STRONG>cave-boring in the hillsides</STRONG> is still popular. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/the-underground-town.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.odditycentral.com/img/0A20C223-C07E-40DA-B17A-08B4CDA3E29F" alt="coober_pedy4.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/the-underground-town.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.odditycentral.com/img/CDD21501-CE46-4B6C-BA4D-B489C16A067E" alt="coober_pedy5.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/the-underground-town.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.odditycentral.com/img/76511B15-7847-4A84-A82A-F7BF2EAFD712" alt="coober_pedy6.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.travelpost.com/PO/Australia/South_Australia/Coober_Pedy/entry/130460" href="http://www.travelpost.com/PO/Australia/South_Australia/Coober_Pedy/entry/130460" style="font-size: 11px;">www.travelpost.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.travelpost.com/PO/Australia/South_Australia/Coober_Pedy/entry/130460"><H1><IMG hspace="5" align="left" class="userIcon" alt=" icon" id="UserIcon_imgUserIconWithCssClass" src="http://www.travelpost.com/MainImages/Members/27479/images/27479_icon_50.jpg?current=6/9/2008 10:25:24 PM" />
<SPAN id="lblPlaceName">Coober Pedy, Australia</SPAN> - Underground town</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.travelpost.com/PO/Australia/South_Australia/Coober_Pedy/entry/130460"><DT>
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<SPAN id="lblFirstImage">Crocodile Harry's dugout</SPAN>
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<SPAN id="rptImages__ctl0_lblImageCaption">Underground living</SPAN>
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</DL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.travelpost.com/PO/Australia/South_Australia/Coober_Pedy/entry/130460">In the terror for women dugout</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.travelpost.com/PO/Australia/South_Australia/Coober_Pedy/entry/130460"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.travelpost.com/img/5CCEC01B-A4AB-4AAB-878D-E144919D235A" alt="" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A394AF5C-9EEF-4441-BBD3-D1C9C0FCC967/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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