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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.

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Why it belongs on the list

Field highlights

  • Free underground museum - opal history, Aboriginal heritage and the geology of opal
  • Award-winning Story of Opal film in the underground cinema
  • Walk-through working mine plus a recreated 1960s dugout home
  • Guided tours 10am, 2pm & 4pm daily

A free-to-enter complex on the main street and the ideal first stop to understand what Coober Pedy is all about - a walk-through underground mine, a genuinely good museum, a preserved dugout home, and guided tours.

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Details last checked 2026-06-27. Something changed? Suggest an edit.