Extreme Town Coober Pedy1

[@carltaylor4942]

You're wrong to say that this is the only place in the world where this happens. I live in a cave in the South of Spain with a ten-foot thick rock roof and metre-thick walls. There are literally tens of thousands of caves in the Granada/Jaen area of Andalucia. There are cave bars, restaurants and hotels. Also in Turkey they have entire cities underground. My cave cost me about the same as a new car would and I don't pay any air conditioning bills and hardly anything for heating.

[@chrismutch5990]

We have just visited this town ... it's absolutely amazing , a fascinating place :)

[@danaabel1049]

It's kinda appropriate for Australia, b/c you'd def. be "down under"!!! Har, har!!! Sorry, I just couldn't hold that back!!!

[@ingridhawea419]

Yes you can sell it just like any ordinary house. I have a dugout on the market now. I miss it so much, When you buy you then own the property. Check it out. Worth getting your hands on one now especially with the oil exploration going on,. Some people are also still building them. You just buy the land.

[@MichaelSHartman]

An excellent idea for abandoned mines, and not just for extreme heat. Montreal has a large underground mall to escape the cold. The surface might be left to nature.

[@adeleweiss8130]

I've been to similar in Dallas on a hot day.

[@louloudonaldson4048]

Only problem for me.... I'd be craving natural light big-time!! No windows!

[@adeleweiss8130]

Most do have windows at the front next to the entrance. I don't know what this guy is talking about. Mine had a kitchen window and a small window in the laundry by the 'back door', which was adjacent to the front door. There aren't generally any windows in the bedrooms, which takes some getting used to, but it's great for sleeping in - no light and no noise.

[@SE09uk]

Happy 21st birthday son have this.... what is it dad, it's a pickaxe, it's time for you to move out

[@carltaylor4942]

SE09uk - In Granada in Spain it used to be the tradition to give a pregnant woman a small pick axe so she could make a new room for the new addition to the family while dad was out working in the fields.

[@warriorfortruth2838]

😂

[@jackduncan1491]

my old home town, the thing about the 4 inch pillars is bull, only wide rooms, say 10m wide need one. not every dugout has that.

[@MediaSock]

Coober Pedy will be the only town in the world to survive the apocalypse.

[@iansimpson4033]

Most important item to own is an alarm clock. You wake up at 9am it could be the middle of the night with no natural light.

[@carltaylor4942]

Also, lamps in case of a power cut. Some people find the dead silence very odd, too. Personally I love it.

[@IndoAussie]

I don't think peoples who living there think about need to wake up early as peoples in the city haha

[@MsNita991]

Absolutely fascinating!

[@randomvintagefilm273]

I'd be too afraid someone would get mad at me and plug up my air holes or flood my dug-out during the night!

[@asmrrealbeardsantajapan.4911]

So if one leaves do they sellit ? and if a newcomer comes what is the cost to build a new place ,great video ans story,I have heard of different places undeground but it was a similar cost to have a house above ground ..wwould love to get info thanks

[@andrewbrockhoff2976]

Early in this clip I heard 'Over 40 people a year die in these harsh conditions' That is not true at all - a ridiculous statement. It is a great place, well worth a visit - and you won't perish in the heat.

[@Barzins1]

For a claustrophobe like me, I'd have a fucking heart attack every hour.

[@Searle8]

This is fascinating.....

[@angeliqueannettesdottir8665]

Not for me ... but pretty awsome a thing like this exists.

[@IndoAussie]

same here

[@elteescat]

You didn't mention my favorite movie Pitch Black! It's how I found out about Coober Pedy in the first place!

[@runnyhunny786]

👍❤ This clip has some interesting local opal discovery stories too...

[@hearfan]

Are there building codes especially if you want to expand your home? How can you be sure you're not going to drill into someone else's bedroom?

[@jackduncan1491]

yes, you can't just drill, need council approval

[@fmlAllthetime]

Like city council or county?

[@rosaliegilson3073]

HOW INTERESTING!!!!!!! I have to send this to my kids. Thanks so much. I can sympathize with you more now.

[@harleydavidson8380]

And dugouts are not completely soundproof. In fact you can sometimes here your close neighbours talking next door if the dugouts are really close.

[@keithparkhill8546]

Priscilla Queen Of The Desert brought me here. OK it's not that bad.

[@skydragon4ever]

One word - Minecraft.

[@jilata19]

+skydragon4ever Must be a spezies of "Down-Under-Desert-Hobits".

[@mantarayify]

Interesting video,i've never seen.

[@IsYdoRExtremeR]

Bas bi bilo lepo posetiti crkvu ispod zemlje :)

[@staceygreig7763]

How do I create something like this on a small scale for living? I am looking to downsize and go off grid!

[@JimSneeze]

Need more videos like this. Insightful and informative. Very well commentated. Was he American?

[@johminjun750]

수능특강 보고 심심해서 왔습니다. I came here from English textbook in school.

[@lydiamichael1063]

Joh Minjun me too😂

[@randomvideowatcher]

Living underground is a cool idea. I've heard the house creating process is quite boring. People experience a breakthrough when creating a house. Their work is piling up. They are literally carving out a place in history.

[@99certain45]

And THAT is what you call a "Man Cave"!

[@evah787]

Ahhh, you don't have to clean your windows and it is sound proof, excellent! 😀😁😂😃😄

[@bigbadgabe]

So no rats ,mice bugs or cops :) of any kind? good place to grow a indoor herb garden then.

[@carltaylor4942]

Yes, indeed it is! So, I've been told. Allegedly. :)

[@warriorfortruth2838]

@@carltaylor4942 🤫

[@chaz706]

Paradise in the desert.

[@adeleweiss8130]

Interesting but not exactly 'paradise'.

[@jackyblue67same10]

I would think living with that faultline can't be safe at all .That's 1 part of that cave I would not live in .

[@anitaskene6697]

unbelieveable very interesting and unique !!!!

[@nicholascarr6251]

how do u breath down there? Is there lots of vents or something?

[@jeremyallen5632]

+Gamer_time It's an amazing thing. They have evolved to not have to breathe while underground. Sort-of like whales I think.

[@nicholascarr6251]

Haha

[@Alcaponejr3000]

+Jeremy Allen no lol they have fucking tubes going up to the ground did you not see??

[@actorzone856]

I can"t resist, "you have to hold your breath"

[@warriorfortruth2838]

@@jeremyallen5632 😂

[@mm30111990]

very awesome

[@IgorPetrovich96]

im here because of alltimes 10

[@giantbluepanda8029]

ok he reduced ONE STAIR for his grandma got a LIFE'S WORTH of opals so much is happening there but its also so dark

[@MediaSock]

It's the real life tatooine from Star Wars.

[@bluepawn]

they should use electric cars and make lots and much more things underground... opals are amazing ! not easy to find official internet websites from that town to deliver directly to us in international parcels.

[@strategicgamingwithaacorns2874]

In a hole in the ground there lived an Australian...

[@oldgordo61]

Pretty cool.

[@dumbpoo4530]

POV: your watching this geography right now

[@joshgould9329]

I'd be claustrophobic just thinking about it...

[@Anarcomunist77]

Australians are crazy

[@francfife]

Eduardo Alvarado Martinez not really, just a bit different,

[@Gavari55]

Eduardo Alvarado Martinez yes we are completely insane

[@jackyblue67same10]

@@Gavari55 But in a good way rite lol .

[@BuckTravis]

Going. Can’t wait!

[@Tom-dx1tv]

do they get internet down there? I need my pr0n.

[@carltaylor4942]

Yes, they do. I live in a cave in Spain and I have high speed Internet.

[@IndoAussie]

wow ... good to know this

[@redwingblackbird8306]

Where does a water supply come from?

[@adeleweiss8130]

A huge amount of the Outback sits on the Great Artesian Basin - the largest underground 'sea' in the world. They say much of central Australia was once covered by the ocean which gradually sank into underground caverns. Aquatic 'dinosaur' bones have been found out there and I myself have picked up fossilised seashells. They use bores to pump it to the surface and then it's purified in the local desalination plant. Water is therefore quite expensive in Coober Pedy, compared to other places in Australia.

[@vinakane3150]

I’d be afraid it’d cave in 😰

[@withallyourlight9857]

My next home. Goals

[@aceventura5139]

It's cool, but what about earthquakes ? U can be buried alive

[@MsGuard3]

There is little to no seismic activity in Coober Pedy

[@stewartfullerton1965]

5:13 what the hell was that?

[@warriorfortruth2838]

Wooooohoo someone msking a new room 🤣

[@denvasiliev97]

Афигеть можно)

[@teukurifqy5276]

do they have wifi?

[@shaohollywood1553]

A paradise for thief

[@outbackmania8721]

I've been there

[@soulbunnyhunter]

earthquake ?

[@zoneroamingmortos]

hottest place

[@zoneroamingmortos]

pin ksw

[@BloodWolf2k7]

awesome. until an earthquake or bombing happens..

[@katiekat2921]

The thing is, why would you want to bomb Coober Pedy, Australia, when you can bomb somewhere in the USA with likely 100x the population density? Just saying, if you were inclined to bomb something you'd probably be the type of person looking to get the maximum carnage, and Coober Pedy ain't it. Also, if earthquakes were a problem in that locale you'd think they'd have gone above ground decades ago.

[@IndoAussie]

oh my goshhh

[@outbackmania8721]

I got opal from there

[@elrojo321]

Like to write a novel

[@Anyrhing77]

rapture plz

[@19EHF]

soooooo what about earthquakes?

[@MrRedClues]

19EHF Australia isn't at risk of earthquakes

[@AJTJunk]

Not very common, when they happen they're not very intense and im sure the town has emergency evacuation routes planned. Bigger risk is flooding

[@DarkenedYeastExtract]

Australia is rare to have earthquakes as we're in the middle of a tectonic plate (and general historic data). Flooding isn't generally an issue in Cooper Pedy as it is an arid zone/desert though flooding is a greater issue in the temperate and tropical areas of the country/continent. The biggest risk would be fire but to my knowledge the town planning and design of the place manages all of that as it is a low population town with noteworthy tourist traffic.

[@alinajustme11]

who on their right mind would choose to live underground like a rat thats really weird

[@powexor]

They're living underground like a human, not like a rat.

[@actorzone856]

rats wouldn't live there as its too harsh and dark, Aussies are the best inventors, love to go there for a stay.

[@Firebird894]

vampires. Fuck now our big secret is out!!!

[@81kno]

only one earthquake and bye

[@katiekat2921]

Well, you do, apparantly we tend to get more than other middle-of-the-continental-shelf locations around the world, but they're so small they rarely get noticed. I remember back about 2011 or so we got a ~2 or so earthquake in SE South Australia in the early hours of the morning and people in Adelaide on social media were like 'OMG!!! EARTHQUAAAAAKE!!!!', whereas Kiwis, who had just suffered a pretty disastrous earthquake and aftershocks in Christchurch in recent months were going 'only a 2 ... wtf you wimps?' and 'this is insulting ... our place gets leveled and you're freaking out over a 2!?' The joy of living in the middle of a continental shelf with no volcanic activity, I suppose ; )

[@kanisohal1984]

australian accent.. barf

[@outbackmania8721]

And 125 degrees is fake it was like 40 degrees

[@notaturtle561]

*125 degrees Fahrenheit. It's an american show.

[@warriorfortruth2838]

Farenheit!!!

[@justsomeguy8385]

Stupid to live in a cave on a fault line....

[@jthono]

When was this crappy 240p video put up. I think I'll pass. Thumbs down

[@jessehurtin]

Cool

[@jackduncan1491]

my old home town, the thing about the 4 inch pillars is bull, only wide rooms, say 10m wide need one. not every dugout has that.

[@adeleweiss8130]

I was going to say that, too.