Keʻimi nei i kahi wahi kūikawā e lawe ai i nā keiki i'Asetalala? E noʻonoʻo i ka Coober Pedy , heʻalima opal ma mua o kaʻona i waho o ka Outback iʻikeʻia no kona mau "dugouts" - nā hale i kūkuluʻia i loko o ka honua e pale i nā poʻe miners mai ka wela o ka wela, kahi manaʻo mua i hoʻounaʻia e nā koa Aussia mai WWI mai. ʻO ka inoa o ke kūlanakauhale mai ka hua'ōlelo'Akopopoleʻo kupa-piti ,ʻo ia hoʻi "ka puka o ke kanaka keʻokeʻo."
Uaʻikeʻia ka opal mua i ka makahiki 1915 e kekahi keiki 14-makahiki i kapaʻiaʻo Willie Hutchison.
Ua hahaiʻia ka opal rush, kahi ulu nui o ke kūlanakauhale, a i kēia lā, Coober Pedy (pop 3,500) e hoʻolako i ka hapanui o nā opals keʻokeʻo kiʻekiʻe o ka honua. Noho mau ka hapanui o ka poʻe noho makahiki o ke kūlanakauhale i nāʻauʻau.
Pono e hana aʻike: E hiki ke hiki i nāʻohana keʻeli no ko lākou mau opal pono pono'ī , a eʻimi i nā hiʻona o ke kūlanakauhale,ʻo ia hoʻi nā halemoututuseum, nā hale pule a me nā wahi'ē aʻe. ʻO ka opal muaʻo Willie i ka hōʻikeʻia ma ka hale kahikoʻo Old Timers Mine.
Aia ma ka wahiʻo Jewell Box, aia kahi'āpana koho "'ōpiopio" i kohoʻia. ʻO keʻano o ka pīhoihoiʻo ka loliʻana ma o nā pu o ka pōhaku me kahi'āpana liʻiliʻi a me ke kope. Ke hōʻikeʻia ka opal i ka lā, hiki iāʻoe ke nānā no nā hōʻailona o ke kala, aiʻole "ka paila." Ma kekahi mau wahi, hiki iāʻoe ke nānā i nā palapili e hele i waena o ka mea lawe paio ma lalo o kekahi kukui ultra-violet i loko o ka pā pōuliuli eʻike pono i nā opal.
No ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa: ʻO kahi kūlanakauhale nui kahi o Wim Wenders '"A hiki i ka hopena o ke ao" i ka makahiki 1991 a me ka "Dream Opal" i ka makahiki 2006.
Ma waho o ke kūlanakauhaleʻo ka Moon Plain, kahi pā, kahi pālahalaha iʻikeʻia e like me ka pelekānia post-apocalypic i ka "kiʻi mele" Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, "he wahi nui ma ka" The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert "a lawelaweʻia e like me kahi panāne 'āina ma Hollywood sci-fi flick "Pitch Black."
Loaʻa ma laila:ʻO Coober Pedy kahi i 525 mau mile ma ke'ākau o Adelaide ma ke alanui Stuart, ma ka'ākau'ākau o South Australia ma waho. Hiki iāʻoe ke hele i Coober Pedy ma kahi Greyhound Bus mai Adelaide aiʻole Alice Springs.
ʻO ka wā e hele ai: Malaki a Nowemapa. E hoʻoluʻoluʻoe i ke kauwela ma'Ausetalia (hōʻalo maʻAmelika Hema a meʻEulopa), i ka wā e hiki ai i nā mahana ke piʻi i luna o 100 mau Fahrenheit (45 kapuaʻi Celsius). ʻO ke anawela hoʻomaha o ke kauwelaʻo ia ke kumu i makemake ai nā poʻe he nui e noho i loko o nā ana i hamo i nā puʻu, i kapaʻiaʻo "dugouts." Hiki ke wela i waho, akā e noho mau ke kiʻekiʻe i kahi mahana maʻamau.
Kahi e noho ai: I ka manawa o kēia kūlanakauhale kūikawā kūikawā, hiki iāʻoe ke noho i kekahi o nā motels underground ou B & B ma Coober Pedy, a iʻole e koho i kahi hōkele kahiko.