See a stretch of the world's longest fence - 5,600km built to keep dingoes from the south-east.
On the way to or from the Breakaways you can see a section of the Dog Fence - the longest fence on earth at around 5,600km, built to protect southern grazing land from dingoes. A simple but striking outback landmark.
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Coober Pedy's smaller sister opal town - a ramshackle, characterful field about 5½ hours away by road, famous for matrix opal and pioneer dugouts.
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The remote rail siding 42km west of town where The Ghan stops - your chance to glimpse the legendary outback train on its run between Adelaide and Darwin.
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The rich historic opal field north of town where the world's most valuable opal was found - quirky sculptures, old diggings and a scattering of people still living out there.
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