A Weekend in Coober Pedy

Two days lets you see the highlights without rushing and add a proper tour or day trip.

Day 1 - The town

• Morning: Umoona Opal Mine & Museum and the Old Timers Mine.
• Lunch: John’s Pizza Bar.
• Afternoon: the underground churches, Josephine’s Kangaroo Orphanage (feeding at 5:30pm), and a noodle for opal.
• Sunset: the Big Winch lookout or the Breakaways.
• Night: sleep underground at a dugout motel.

Day 2 - Go deeper

• Morning: a guided working mine tour - or get hands-on with Unearthing Opal Experience.
• Afternoon: drive the Breakaways loop past Moon Plain and the Dog Fence.
• Evening: if it’s on, catch a film at the drive-in or dinner out - see things to do at night.

Got a third day? Add the Painted Desert or the epic Oodnadatta Track mail run.