Attractions

Boot Hill Cemetery

Coober Pedy's main cemetery - a moving, very Coober Pedy place where miners of dozens of nationalities lie, including the famous beer-can headstone.

Coober Pedy Croatian Club

The social heart of Coober Pedy's large Croatian mining community - the Croatian Welfare & Sports Club, part of what makes this such a multicultural town.

Coober Pedy First Cemetery

The town's original burial ground, used from the early 1920s - the resting place of some of the very first people to live and die on the opal fields.

Coober Pedy Italian Club

A warm, volunteer-run miners' club since 1964 - hearty Italian meals, a beer garden with sunset views and walls full of opal-field history. Visitors welcome.

Coober Pedy Oval parkrun

A free, weekly 5km run, jog or walk every Saturday morning at the Coober Pedy Oval - dogs and visitors welcome.

• Free
• Good with kids

Geocaching in Coober Pedy

Yes, the global treasure hunt reaches the opal fields - including an EarthCache at the Big Winch lookout that teaches you how opal forms.

• Free
• Good with kids

Kupi Gliding

Coober Pedy's volunteer gliding club - soar engine-free over the opal fields and gibber plains in some of the clearest, most thermal-rich air in the country.

Stargazing in Coober Pedy

Some of the darkest skies in Australia - the Milky Way, the Southern Cross and two naked-eye galaxies, best seen a short drive out of town.

• Free
• Good with kids

Coober Pedy Drive-In Cinema

A classic 1965 outback drive-in - the only one still running in South Australia.

• Good with kids

Coober Pedy Opal Fields Golf Club

Golf on a course with no grass - oiled-sand greens, a strip of mat, and a reciprocal arrangement with St Andrews.

Josephine's Gallery & Kangaroo Orphanage

Aboriginal art gallery and kangaroo orphanage where you can meet rescued joeys - feeding at 12pm and 5:30pm.

• Good with kids
• Accessible

St Peter & Paul's Catholic Church

An underground Catholic church carved into the rock - completing Coober Pedy's trio of dugout churches.

• Free
• Underground

Umoona Opal Mine & Museum

Walk through a real underground mine, a free museum and a preserved dugout home - Coober Pedy's biggest attraction and a perfect first stop.

• Good with kids
• Underground

Catacomb Church (Anglican)

A cross-shaped underground church cut from sandstone in 1977, with fittings made from mulga wood and an old miner's winch.

• Free
• Underground

Crocodile Harry's Dugout

The wonderfully eccentric underground home of a former croc hunter - a Mad Max filming location.

• Underground

Faye's Underground Home

A hand-dug underground home famous for being excavated by three women - with an underground pool.

• Underground

Old Timers Mine

Hand-dug 1916 opal mine turned museum, with an original underground home and self-guided tours.

• Good with kids
• Underground

Serbian Orthodox Church of St Elijah

The largest underground church in town - 17m below ground, with carved rock walls and stained glass.

• Free
• Underground

The Big Winch Scenic Lookout

Coober Pedy's highest point - 360° town views, a café and the famous Big Winch sculpture.

• Free
• Good with kids

The Spaceship (Pitch Black Prop)

A film prop spaceship from the movie Pitch Black, parked in town - a fun free photo stop.

• Free
• Good with kids