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, ...

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 ...

A kangaroo has been rescued from an open cut mine shaft in opal fields near the outback town of Coober Pedy in South Australia's far north. A member of the public spotted the animal on Wednesday and ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. TONY EASTLEY: Opals, those rare and precious coloured gems from the Australian outback, are becoming ...

A Riverland man is lucky to be alive after spending 24 hours stuck down a 25m mine shaft in Coober Pedy. The Riverland man, 47, was first reported missing by his wife to Coober Pedy Police on Friday ...

A 47-year-old man has been charged with murder following a fatal stabbing in the famous opal mining town of Coober Pedy in northern South Australia. Emergency services were called to Hutchinson St at ...

Adelaide Hills pair Justin Langer and Daniel Becker are drawn to Coober Pedy by lure of wealth from an opal find. Reporter Michael Owen urgently tracked down Justin Langer and Daniel Becker, part of ...