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Australia’s hidden underground town | WIDE

The small mining town of Coober Pedy in Australia has developed most of its life underground. Located in the middle of the Outback, “the capital of opal mining” reaches 50 degrees celsius in summer.
Like the miners of earlier times, many of the current residents have chosen to live in the dugouts to better weather the heat and save energy consumption.
Jimmy the runner, a well-respected former miner who settled in Coober Pedy from Greece, shows us around every corner of this peculiar underground neighborhood.
Documentary: « World of colors - Australia in yellow »
Direction: Philippe Moreau
Production: ZED
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  • @chiangmaistories6908
    @chiangmaistories69082 ай бұрын

    That’s my dad- Jimmy the runner! I’m very proud to watch this beautiful video ❤❤❤❤

  • @marilynphan277

    @marilynphan277

    Ай бұрын

    Are there any elementary schools under ground or health clinics?

  • @Dain75
    @Dain75 Жыл бұрын

    This place is amazing. More places in the world should be looking into this way of life, especially with the coming of climate change. 50C is when a healthy human body starts to shut down. The demand for air conditioning is skyrocketing all over North America. To me 23C sounds chilly, but I like warmer temperatures than most people due to my chronic illness. The world needs to start looking at places worldwide in places that endure extreme temperatures to find out how to live more efficiently and effectively. I saw a video about a large apartment complex in the Russian arctic that had to be very self-sufficient, because there was only one road from outside and it was not passable in winter, 6-8 months of the year. It had its own school, shops, church, and underground tunnels to these places that you could walk to outside in the summer.

  • @trymellow8914

    @trymellow8914

    11 ай бұрын

    Do you remember the name of the Russian building complex ? I’m really curious about it

  • @kazman_6899
    @kazman_68999 ай бұрын

    Man: No sound Tinnitus: Hold my cuppa

  • @meg7088
    @meg708811 ай бұрын

    2 weeks ago my Sis and I did a road trip we stayed in Coober Pedy on our way to Uluru and what an eye opener, it was 32° degree in winter, so yup it gets mighty hot out there during there summer 'you will melt, I went underground to see and get the feels, not for me sorry I like being on top of the ground, takes a special kind of people to live underground, I had intentions of going into the mines for a tour and hopefully dig my own Opal but changed my mind after seeing so much Opal for sale and the amount of land dug up for this precious stone, I had one gifted to me from an aboriginal wāhine ( woman) for safe travels and that was more than enough for me 💚

  • @kazman_6899

    @kazman_6899

    9 ай бұрын

    If it was 32 above ground, how cool was it underground? I'd want it at least half of that.

  • @meg7088

    @meg7088

    9 ай бұрын

    @@kazman_6899 It was 23° and stuffy

  • @DCA001TUBE
    @DCA001TUBE Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, that was a very good show.

  • @artworld9799
    @artworld9799 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing underground town with great informative video of Australia!! Regards💕💕💕

  • @beechhangte5335
    @beechhangte5335 Жыл бұрын

    awesome town

  • @coreypin1697
    @coreypin1697 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing ❤

  • @G11713
    @G117138 ай бұрын

    Add hydroponics and solar/wind and perhaps even geothermal energy to that mix (with batteries) and they could be self sufficient. Granted, they could also do with higher ceilings and some sort of sealant on those limestone walls so they are not as vulnerable to chafing. I expect Polar and Desert climates could learn a thing or two.

  • @salonikapoor6459
    @salonikapoor64598 ай бұрын

    What about animals? Soil of Australia nurtures many species. Any special one found here?

  • @alissaburge6375
    @alissaburge6375 Жыл бұрын

    Underground places of Coober Pedy keeps cool in the summer with the heat of the temperatures of 120 degrees Fahrenheit in Southern Australia.

  • @mollymuch2808
    @mollymuch28085 ай бұрын

    🙏

  • @daveylee4677
    @daveylee467711 ай бұрын

    Queen of DENIAL. Wants to be queen of da World.

  • @Elainerulesutube
    @Elainerulesutube Жыл бұрын

    A good place 2 hide during a nuclear war.

  • @David_Rafuse

    @David_Rafuse

    Жыл бұрын

    And hide from the Machines afterward...

  • @Dain75

    @Dain75

    Жыл бұрын

    Is it far enough underground for that? I haven't looked it up recently, but bunkers need to fairly far down underground I think. You also need filtered air and water, or fresh water supply (can you filter radioactive air and water?). The doors and windows to the outside need to be sealed. It's a good start though. It looks like digging further down and adding filters and seals wouldn't be too difficult compared to other places.

  • @matthewmolina9485
    @matthewmolina948510 ай бұрын

    Cheap camera, poor light sensitivity.