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 ...

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, ...

Scattered around town are do-it-yourself mining operations, abandoned film props and a cafe that serves both waffles and opals. Pyramid-like mounds, a byproduct of opal mining, litter the landscape ...

Once a magnet for opal hunters, these days Coober Pedy is a hideaway for hobbits. Here are 13 things to do in Coober Pedy, ...

Located 846km north of Adelaide, Coober Pedy has to be seen to be believed, with its opal mines and houses that seem to be nothing more than a front door on the side of a mound of rock and dirt. The ...

Beneath the desert of South Australia, a photographer finds a community of opal miners with a "crazy and unusual life." Gabriele Gouellain, a German immigrant, waits in the kitchen for her husband to ...