Ufuna indawo ehlukile ngempela ukuletha izingane e-Australia? Cabanga ngoCoberber Pedy , idolobha elidala lemayini yama-opal e-Outback eyaziwa ngokuthi "ama-dugouts" -amahoshi aqoshwe emhlabeni ukuze avikele abavukuzi ekushiseni okufudumele, umqondo owethulwa kuqala ngamasosha ase-Aussie abuyela eWWI. Igama lomuzi livela ku-Aboriginal igama elithi kupa-piti , elisho "umgodi womhlophe."
I-opal yokuqala yatholakala ngo-1915 ngendodana eneminyaka engu-14 ubudala okuthiwa uWillie Hutchison.
Ukukhishwa kwe-opal kulandelelwe, idolobha lenyuke, futhi namuhla uCoberber Pedy (u-3 500) unikeza iningi lama-opals omhlophe aphezulu emhlabeni. Iningi labantu abahlala kulo muzi edolobheni basaphila emadolobheni.
Kumelwe uyenze futhi ubone: Imindeni ingakwazi ukumba ama-opals awo , futhi ihlole izikhangisi zedolobha, ezibandakanya iminyuziyamu yokudoba, amasonto nezinye izindawo. U-Willie wokuqala opal usengabonakaliswa e-Old Timers Mine Mine Museum edolobheni.
Esikhathini se-The Jewel Box, kukhona indawo ekhethiwe yokuthi "indawo yokuthungatha indawo". Ukuthunjwa komhlaba kusho ukusakaza ngezigxobo zedwala nge-pick and small. Uma i-opal ivuleka ekukhanyeni kwelanga, ungabheka izibonakaliso zombala, noma "umquba." Kwezinye izindawo, ungabuka imfucumfucu idabula umthumbi ngaphansi kokukhanya kwe-ultra-violet endaweni efihliwe ukuze ubone ama-opals kalula.
Ukuzijabulisa okujabulisayo: Idolobha ngokwalo laliyindawo eyinhloko yeWim Wenders '"Kuze kube sekupheleni kwezwe" ngo-1991 ne "Opal Dream" ngo-2006.
Ngaphandle kwedolobha yi-Plain Moon, indawo engenalutho, indawo ehlabayo evelele njengendawo ye-post-apocalyptic kwifilimu yamasonto "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome," indawo eyinhloko e-"Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" futhi yakhonza njengeplanethi evamile eHollywood sci-fi flick "Pitch Black."
Ukufika lapho: I- Coober Pedy cishe ngamamitha angu-525 enyakatho ye-Adelaide eStart Highway, esifundeni esenyakatho se-Outback South Australia. Ungase futhi ufike ku-Coober Pedy ku-Greyhound Bus esuka e-Adelaide noma e-Alice Springs.
Isikhathi sokuhamba: Mashi kuya kuNovemba. Ngeke ukhululeke ngesikhathi sasehlobo e-Australia (ebusika eNyakatho Melika naseYurophu), lapho amazinga okushisa angaba ngaphezu kwama-degree degrees Celsius angu-100. Izimo ezifudumele zasehlobo zasehlobo zasehlobo ziyisizathu sokuthi izakhamuzi eziningi zithanda ukuhlala emaphandleni ahlushwa emagqumeni, okuthiwa yi "dugouts". Kungaba isithukuthezi esishisayo ngaphandle, kepha ama-dugouts ahlala ekushiseni okupholile njalo.
Ukuhlala kuphi: Uma kulesi dolobha esiyingqayizivele sezimayini, ungahlala kwelinye lamabhulogi angaphansi komhlaba noma ama-B & B ku-Coober Pedy, noma ukhethe ihhotela elidabukisayo.