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Post by diamondlil » Tue September 30th, 2008, 10:32 pm

It's a town in the Outback. It's actually a very interesting place I am told. A lot of the people in the town live underground because it is so hot there during the summer, and it is a famous opal mining town.


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Post by michellemoran » Tue September 30th, 2008, 10:58 pm

Wow. Underground? Thanks, Marg... I had no idea...
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Post by pat » Wed October 1st, 2008, 4:05 am

Mum wants to go to Coober Pedy......if you need someone to go with bear her in mind! LOL!

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Just tried my clicky and it didnt work! http://www.cooberpedy.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=191 if the techy fails!


Fixed it! There was an extra // in there!
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Post by SonjaMarie » Wed October 1st, 2008, 4:13 am

Pat: the URL isn't done right, it comes out at 404.

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Post by pat » Wed October 1st, 2008, 4:16 am

Thanks Sonja! I thought it was me at first! all fixed now.
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Post by SonjaMarie » Wed October 1st, 2008, 4:18 am

No problem, glad to help!

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Post by michellemoran » Wed October 1st, 2008, 4:24 am

Oh, thank you, Pat! I couldn't believe the photos of the underground homes! My parents used to do some interesting things when we were kids - book us for nights in cave hotels and wigwams - but an underground home takes the cake!
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Post by diamondlil » Wed October 1st, 2008, 4:43 am

That's the same link I had in my post as well.
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Post by pat » Wed October 1st, 2008, 6:00 am

[quote=""diamondlil""]That's the same link I had in my post as well.[/quote]


Ooops! So it is! Sorry! I had it on favs for mum!
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Post by Vanessa » Wed October 1st, 2008, 7:16 am

Interesting. I can remember reading a book about a girl who faked her own death and ended up living in an underground home in Australia. Baggage by Emily Barr, I think it was.
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