Podcasts about Coober Pedy

Tiziana Merzagora"Cara Australia"Neos Edizioniwww.neosedizioni.itRomanzo liberamente ispirato a una vicenda vissuta “L'Australia ci ha dato tanto, un tetto, un lavoro, dell'ottimo pane, e paesaggi pieni d'estasiata solitudine”.Estate del 1987. Tiziana lascia Torino per raggiungere il fidanzato Marco a Chester Hill, un sobborgo di Sydney, dove lui l'aveva preceduta qualche mese prima. Inizia così il viaggio di una giovane donna all'inseguimento dell'idea di una vita diversa nel “continente bruciato dal sole” con il sogno, forse, di restarvi per sempre.“Cara Australia” è un breve ma intenso il romanzo, che intreccia storie e personaggi incontrati durante la permanenza australiana, prima a Sydney e poi nella città mineraria di Coober Pedy, nell'Australia Meridionale, dove l'Autrice troverà lavoro come insegnante di italiano ai figli degli emigranti.Ne nasce il ritratto di un Paese vasto, affascinante e pieno di energia ma non facile da conquistare. Negli anni Ottanta: molti giovani guardano oltre i confini italiani, attratti da racconti quasi mitici di lavoro, prosperità e nuove possibilità. Ma la realtà per chi arriva è spesso diversa: spaesante, dura, segnata da sacrifici. Il sogno australiano si scontra ogni giorno con la nostalgia di casa e con il peso della distanza.“Ci par d'essere in un paese della vecchia America, in un villaggio western. Poche strade polverose, strana la gente col cappellaccio in testa, poche le costruzioni, in lamiera o in legno, tanta terra sabbiosa dove l'occhio si perde. Al posto dei cavalli però corrono le automobili, gigantesche e sporche: è un'altra era. Un gruppo di aborigeni improvvisa un concerto folk in una stanza che funge da balera. È tutto coperto di polvere qua perché poco lontano dal centro abitato i minatori scavano continuamente e la pioggia non si vede che di rado. Questa polvere, si dice, è il futuro, la ricchezza, il fascino. È l'Australia stessa...”.“Cara Australia” è insieme un viaggio interiore e uno spaccato di vita migrante: esplora il conflitto tra desiderio e realtà, tra libertà e radici. Con una scrittura che sfiora spesso la lirica, l'Autrice racconta il disincanto, il bisogno di amore e realizzazione, la soffocata solitudine e il dolore delle scelte: una polvere sottile, come quella del deserto, che non si riesce mai a lavare via del tutto.  Il romanzo fa parte della collana “Pagine in viaggio. Parole per raccontare il mondo” curata da Giorgio Enrico Bena. Tiziana Merzagora è nata e vive a Torino. Laureata in Filosofia, pedagogista, appassionata di arte e letteratura, ha vissuto in Australia, a Sydney, negli anni ‘80, dove ha insegnato italiano ai figli degli emigranti e agli appassionati della lingua. Il romanzo ispirato da questa intensa esperienza, ancora inedito, nel 2022 è stato selezionato al Premio Letterario Nazionale Alberoandronico, e nel 2025 è risultato finalista al Premio Letterario Internazionale Autori Italiani. È autrice di poesie che hanno ricevuto vari riconoscimenti. Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

Kaysy and Cherry de Leon are among the Filipino migrants living in Coober Pedy, an outback town in South Australia with a population of only around 1,576. - Si Kaysy at Cherry de Leon ay ilan sa mga migranteng Pinoy na nakatira sa Coober Pedy, isang outback town sa South Australia na mag populasyon lamang ng higit kumulang na 1,576.

在南澳大利亚州有这么一个地方，80%的居民都生活在地下。这里有地下教堂、地下酒吧、地下旅馆。这里是Coober Pedy，也被称为“澳宝之都”（收听播客，了解详情）。

En pleno desierto australiano existe una ciudad única en el mundo: Coober Pedy, donde gran parte de sus habitantes vive bajo tierra para escapar del calor extremo. En este episodio viajamos a la capital mundial del ópalo para descubrir su historia minera, sus iglesias excavadas en roca y cómo es realmente la vida en una ciudad subterránea en mitad del Outback. Aprovecha hasta el 19 de marzo el 15% de descuento com Intermundial usando el código SARELTURISTA o haciendo clic en el link https://www.intermundial.es/afiliados/seguros-de-viaje-recomendado?utm_source=Affiliates&utm_medium=Affiliates&utm_campaign=General&utm_term=691f0c850353a&utm_content=691f0c850353aGracias por estar aquí —¡ya superamos los 1,300 episodios y el millón de escuchas! Es pura magia gracias a ti, y me encanta compartirla✈️ Recuerda, en mi web www.cesarsar.com propongo algunos viajes conmigo a diferentes lugares del mundo. Vámonos! Por qué este podcast es mío, pero también es tuyo, he creado una sección en mi web de descuentos donde he negociado con diversas empresas interesantes, beneficios para todos. Tanto en seguros de Viaje como en tarjetas eSIM y otros. Descuentos - César Sar | El Turistahttps://cesarsar.com/descuentos/⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Aún no monetizo automáticamente para no interrumpir nuestra charla, pero te pido una mano: dame 5 estrellas y una reseña rápida —¡30 segundos que me impulsan mucho!

Send us a textJoin Cheryl Lee - That Radio Chick on STILL ROCKIN' IT for news, reviews, music and interviews with some of our favourite Australian musiciansA riverboat singalong, a distillery by the sea, and a double single with bite—this conversation with Alice from the Ukulele Death Squad proves folk can throw a party and break your heart in the same breath. We trace the band's leap from Adelaide origins to a national tour anchored by the Adelaide Fringe, sold-out Popeye sets, and a Port Adelaide performance that turns sea shanties into a communal rite. Alice opens up about joining mid-pandemic, when border chaos forced the group to reconfigure and keep the music alive, ultimately cementing her place as a vocalist, trumpeter, and keys player who writes and leads with story.We dive into The Curse of the Nipple Tape, a double single that shows the Squad's range. F%ck The Man winks as a cheeky shanty calling out everyday male misfires, while Lowlands Away pulls the tempo down to reveal a haunting, dreamlike narrative of love, loss, and fate at sea. Instead of leaning on a rousing chorus, the band chooses intimacy and clarity, letting the lyrics do the heavy lift. That same care fuels the live show: Latin percussion, soulful brass, and finger-burning ukulele leads, all woven by a cast that treats each set like folk theatre. The promise is simple—arrive as strangers, leave hoarse from singing.There's more on the horizon: a northern trek to Coober Pedy, plans for another international run after past tours across Germany, Ireland, Scotland, England, France, Belgium, and New Zealand, plus fresh releases mixing renovated older songs with brand-new material. If you're curious where to start, hit YouTube for live clips, spin the new tracks on Spotify or Apple Music, and visit the website for dates. And if you can make it to Port Adelaide, bring your voice—the chorus belongs to everyone.Enjoy the conversation? Follow the show, share this episode with a friend who loves folk with teeth, and leave a quick review so others can find it. Your support helps keep the music moving.What have the Ukulele Death Squad been up to lately?  Let's find out!Get out when you can, support local music and I'll see you down the front!!Visit: ThatRadioChick.com.au

Fr Toby discusses Coober Pedy and the foundations of our life.If you enjoyed this programme, please consider supporting us with a one-off or monthly donation. It is only through the generosity of our listeners that we are able to be a Christian voice by your side. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.radiomariaengland.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

في قلب الصحراء الأسترالية القاحلة، وعلى بُعد نحو 850 كيلومترًا شمال أديلايد، تقع واحدة من أغرب المدن في العالم: كوبر بيدي (Coober Pedy)، المدينة التي اختارت أن تعيش تحت الأرض لتنجو من حرارة تفوق الخمسين درجة مئوية صيفًا.

Steve Davis survived his first SA Variety Bash and lived to tell the tale. More importantly, he brings two bash stalwarts into the studio to share what really drives people to spend weekends fundraising all year, then eight days together in old cars traversing some of South Australia’s most remote terrain. Current chair Darren Greatrex recently delivered a record-breaking $2.7 million fundraising result, while veteran Sir Peter “Curly” Curtis OAM brings 35 years of bash wisdom to the conversation. The SA Drink of the Week features Little Blessings Brewing’s Tropical Trinity Gin, a deep orange concoction that Steve discovered during a spontaneous tasting in the middle of nowhere between William Creek and Coober Pedy. The gin’s tropical fusion of pineapple, passion fruit and orange creates what Steve describes as walking backwards into a tropical plantation with a toucan tapping on your shoulder. The Musical Pilgrimage presents “A Lot of Nothing,” an original composition by Steve Davis and the Virtualosos, written in the backseat during the bash as the vast South Australian landscape inspired reflections on finding yourself in the emptiness of the outback. Episode photo of Monkey Business Car 13 by Keryn Stevens Photography. You can navigate episodes using chapter markers in your podcast app. Not a fan of one segment? You can click next to jump to the next chapter in the show. We’re here to serve! The Adelaide Show Podcast: Awarded Silver for Best Interview Podcast in Australia at the 2021 Australian Podcast Awards and named as Finalist for Best News and Current Affairs Podcast in the 2018 Australian Podcast Awards. And please consider becoming part of our podcast by joining our Inner Circle. It’s an email list. 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Between William Creek and Coober Pedy, Steve encountered Little Blessings Brewing’s Tropical Trinity Gin during an impromptu roadside tasting that perfectly captured the bash’s serendipitous spirit. The Laura-based distillery operates from an old chapel, creating this distinctive deep orange gin that shakes cloudy with fruit sediment. Steve’s initial reaction, captured on camera in the desert, speaks for itself: “It’s like I have walked backwards into a tropical plantation of citrus and there’s a toucan tapping on my shoulder.” The gin combines sweet pineapple, tangy passion fruit and zesty orange while maintaining gin’s traditional robust structure. Steve likens it to a film set for Gilligan’s Island, where tropical botanicals create convincing scenery over gin’s reliable framework. The colour resembles his parents’ 1970s kitchen cupboards painted “burnt orange” – a deep hue that wants to be red but stops several steps short. Steve recommends trying this gin neat, particularly for those who typically avoid straight gin, describing it as a feast for both palate and eyes with its beautiful label work and sunset-reminiscent colour. The timing proves providential, as Curly’s pet parrot chirps throughout the interview, creating an unintentional tropical soundtrack that complements the gin’s character perfectly. 00:08:00 Peter “Curly” Curtis OAM and Darren Greatrex Here we have two blokes who’ve discovered something most of us spend our lives searching for: a perfect fusion of adventure, community, and purpose. Darren Greatrex, the current Bash Chair, and Peter “Curly” Curtis OAM, the larrikin legend who helped shape what the SA Vareity Bash has become. Between them, they’ve got over 35+ years of Bash stories, from Curly’s first adventure in 1988 to Darren’s record-breaking $2.7 million result in 2025. But this isn’t about the money, the miles, or even the mechanics. This is about what drives people to spend a week wrestling with 25-year-old cars in the middle of nowhere, all in the name of helping kids they’ve never met. We previously covered the Variety Bash in 2024, when Steve sat in with The Bakers car before they left Adelaide in episode 398. Peter “Curly” Curtis OAM opens with a story that would terrify most first-timers: his inaugural 1988 bash experience leaving Burke at 8:30am and arriving in Tibooburra at 4:00am the following morning after getting bogged, lost, and possibly detained in a pub or two. “We slept on the ground outside the pub,” Curly recalls matter-of-factly. “We were up at seven o’clock not to be left behind.” The conversation reveals how fundraising has evolved from basic entry fees to sophisticated year-round campaigns. Darren Greatrex explains the diversity of approaches: “You see anything from a sausage sizzle at Bunnings, you see people selling donuts, you see people putting on concerts.” The legendary Hogs, visiting Victorian fundraisers who shake collection tins outside supermarkets, can raise $3,000 to $10,000 per weekend through sheer persistence and community generosity. A particularly moving moment comes when Darren describes arriving at Bendleby Ranges to publicly donate towards the local, Orroroo Community Playground project and then surprising the locals with the additional $50,000 they needed to complete it. “What variety did is they quickly got together and had a meeting only about three days prior to us arriving,” he explains. The decision to fund the shortfall spontaneously demonstrates how the bash operates beyond its structured grant process. The human dynamics emerge through discussions of team formation and survival strategies. Curly observes that “very few people that raise the minimum, which is $10,000 per vehicle” and credits a culture where people “have that feeling of need” to give more. In discussion about coping with camping in remote areas and going without showers, Darren notes the transformation from 95% male participation in early years to today’s 45% female participation, has revealed that women adapt “much, much better than the men.” Steve’s rookie perspective provides fresh insights into the bash’s social dynamics. His observation about the ease of talking to anyone on the bash, boils down to the principles at work during costume parties where playing a character removes the “peril of being, making a fool of yourself” and that resonated with both veterans. “You are a persona,” Steve notes. “Remove that and the bash would be harder for new people to be included so quickly.” Curly confirms: “The bash would not be the bash without the themes and the cars and the costumes.” The logistics discussion reveals staggering complexity behind the apparent chaos. Planning for 2026 began four months before the 2025 event, with infrastructure, catering, and fuel coordination for 400 people entering small communities. Mobile workshops carry spare parts and fuel, while three medical teams including Royal Flying Doctor Service personnel ensure safety across thousands of kilometres. Personal stories punctuate the technical details. Darren’s memory of flying a blind child to Kangaroo Island with a braille computer demonstrates variety’s direct impact: “Just watching that impact on that kid was a turning point for me.” Meanwhile, Curly’s Tarcoola food horror story (“which one’s which?”) provides historical perspective on how much the event has improved. The interview concludes with Steve’s proposal for mandated silence during one stop to appreciate the vast landscape. Both veterans embrace the concept, with Darren recalling standing at Sunset Ridge in misty fog: “We just looked at each other and just went, my God, look, this is just something you’d never, ever see.” 01:03:45 Musical Pilgrimage In the Musical Pilgrimate, we play a track by Steve Davis & The Virtualosos, A Lot Of Nothing, to round off our deep drive into the SA Variety Bash. “A Lot of Nothing” emerged from Steve’s backseat contemplation during the vast drives between destinations. The landscape between William Creek and Coober Pedy, where roads barely exist on station country, inspired lyrics about finding yourself in emptiness and the redemptive power of isolation. Steve Davis and the Virtualosos crafted a composition that captures both the physical reality of endless horizons and the psychological journey of people who “choose” to live in remote areas of South Australia. The song’s central image – “There’s a lot of nothing as far as you can see, the shimmer in the distance is a sweet infinity” – reflects Steve’s realisation that true understanding comes from turning off music and phones to “face the real you who’s been buried in the silence of this place.” The piece connects to Steve’s proposed moment of mandated silence during future bashes, recognising that the vast South Australian landscape offers transformative experiences for those willing to embrace the apparent emptiness. As the lyrics suggest, sometimes you must navigate the weather until you find yourself.Support the show: https://theadelaideshow.com.au/listen-or-download-the-podcast/adelaide-in-crowd/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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A large proportion of the road networks in Australia and New Zealand consist of flexible granular pavements protected by sprayed sealing surfacings. An Austroads sprayed seal trial site was established in Coober Pedy in South Australia during 2011 to evaluate the relative performance of seals constructed with different grades of binders from their placement through to long‑term service. The site was constructed to predominantly compare the performance of different Austroads Technical Specification ATS 3110 polymer modified binder (PMB) grades when they were used in strain alleviating membrane (SAM) applications. This webinar, presented by Steve Patrick and Dr Robert Urquhart, describes the findings obtained from an inspection of the trial site conducted 11 years after construction. The inspection included detailed visual assessments of the condition of each trial section by an expert team. Seal samples were also obtained from the trial sections so that binders could be extracted for rheological and chemical analysis tests. The test results obtained for the extracted binder samples have been used to gain insights into how the properties of the trial binders have changed over time. The results of the visual assessment work indicated that all sections of the trial site were generally performing well after 11 years of service. Extracted binder sample tests indicated that all binders have become progressively harder over time. The control C170 bitumen section of the trial site has hardened more over time than the sections containing PMBs.

Una ciudad de Australia ha estado aprendiendo a vivir con un calor extremo durante el último siglo. Situada en medio del desierto, donde las temperaturas en verano alcanzan los 50°C, se encuentra Coober Pedy, una ciudad construida bajo tierra y originalmente establecida como un centro minero de ópalos. Durante los últimos 100 años, los residentes se han adaptado a la vida en este ambiente extremo y solo salen por la noche, cuando las temperaturas bajan.

This is our third visit to the Opal Capital of the World, and we're sharing the low down on everything you need to know before visiting this underground town.  The best place to set up camp, where and how to stock up with supplies, and the number 1 tour to book for an authentic Coober Pedy outback experience like no other! Plus we get special access to a private opal mine claim site that is not open to the general public! Book our favourite Coober Pedy Hipcamp here - https://bit.ly/4c10PRD Check out Noble Tours Australia for the best tour in Coober Pedy - https://nobletoursaustralia.com.au/ Get your hands on our South Australia Touring Guide eBook and start planning your road trip today! - https://shopthefeelgoodfamily.com/products/south-australia-ebook-the-ultimate-touring-guide Watch our brand new TV series Feel Good RoadTrips on the 7Plus streaming platform - https://thefeelgoodfamily.com/feelgood-roadtrips-channel-seven-tv-series/ This episode is proudly brought to you by our mates at Adventure Pumps – extend your time camping off grid with their fantastic 12v water transfer pump kit! Take advantage of our 10% discount - https://adventurepumps.com.au(ENTER FEELGOOD DISCOUNT CODE) Listen to our Feel Good Road Trip Spotify playlist here -https://open.spotify.com/playlist/47S2LkmpBxztMEH8sw6Frt?fbclid=IwAR0Xk2BwpoAhbk5Xvl1cwadO2FzPVl2PHboIWNDPmtzW_F-1-4fKfw4AalU Be sure to Subscribe to our YouTube Channel and join us for all of the road trip adventures! Check out the footage from our latest episodes on our Family Travel Australia YouTube channel – https://www.youtube.com/@TheFeelGoodFamily Subscribe to Jasperoo - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCceGx3esRSQBYZfWvf4KVtw Our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/thefeelgoodfamily has a new destination video every Sunday night at 6.30pm (AEST). We would love to connect with you on Facebook, Instagram and our website www.thefeelgoodfamily.com  Our Family Travel Australia Podcast is now LIVE and available on all podcast platforms, with a new episode aired every Friday night 8:30pm [AEST].

 We set up camp at the iconic Pink Roadhouse in Oodnadatta and are a shown a side of the community that most travellers won't ever see!  Paul freaks out tackling the 4WD sand dunes, and we enjoy a night at the pub with the local community, before a chance meeting with an Australian cricket legend. Then we're on to the spectacular Painted Desert for a fantastic night around the campfire, before setting off towards Coober Pedy. Get your hands on our South Australia Touring Guide eBook and start planning your road trip today! - https://shopthefeelgoodfamily.com/products/south-australia-ebook-the-ultimate-touring-guide Watch our brand new TV series Feel Good RoadTrips on Channel 7TWO at 3pm Sunday's, nationwide. Or catch up on episodes on the 7Plus streaming platform - https://thefeelgoodfamily.com/feelgood-roadtrips-channel-seven-tv-series/ This episode is proudly brought to you by our mates at Stratus Outdoors, Protect The Adventure.  Keeping plastic bottles out of landfill by turning them into quality camp gear. Take advantage of our 15% Discount - https://www.stratusoutdoors.com.au  (ENTER FEELGOOD DISCOUNT CODE) Listen to our Feel Good Road Trip Spotify playlist here -https://open.spotify.com/playlist/47S2LkmpBxztMEH8sw6Frt?fbclid=IwAR0Xk2BwpoAhbk5Xvl1cwadO2FzPVl2PHboIWNDPmtzW_F-1-4fKfw4AalU Be sure to Subscribe to our YouTube Channel and join us for all of the road trip adventures! Check out the footage from our latest episodes on our Family Travel Australia YouTube channel – https://www.youtube.com/@TheFeelGoodFamily Subscribe to Jasperoo - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCceGx3esRSQBYZfWvf4KVtw Our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/thefeelgoodfamily has a new destination video every Sunday night at 6.30pm (AEST). We would love to connect with you on Facebook, Instagram and our website www.thefeelgoodfamily.com  Our Family Travel Australia Podcast is now LIVE and available on all podcast platforms, with a new episode aired every Friday night 8:30pm [AEST].

As spring temperatures begin to rise in Europe, we see how one town in Australia has been learning to live with extreme heat for the past century. Situated in the middle of the desert, where summer temperatures reach up to 50°C, is Coober Pedy, a town built underground and originally established as a mining centre for opals. Over the past 100 years, residents have adapted to life in this extreme environment, only coming out at night when temperatures drop. Our France 2 colleagues report, with FRANCE 24's Lauren Bain.

Join Mel underground at Coober Pedy and TOC on the tree stump as we celebrate Nicki Clark in a yellow 1000 volunteer shirt, Shultzy stars on the radio and there are April Fools Day pranks. Lyndall joins us from Harris Avenue, Sarah visits Centennial Park, Tracey goes north to Mackay and the Local Weather Expert explains spinny-roundy things to us. Bec checks in from the remote Cobar parkrun and we chat through all things PALM24 and Longest Run. Our Obi this week is a bloke who walks on water!

Opening on 29 February, the 18th Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Inner Sanctum, curated by José Da Silva, assembles 24 leading artists and poets for an exhibition that can be seen, heard, and felt at the Art Gallery of South Australia until 2 June. As part of the 2024 Adelaide Festival, Inner Sanctum on Kaurna Yerta unfolds across free exhibitions of new and recent works, live performances, music and public programs, all highlighting our engagement with the world and each other. Curator José Da Silva says, ‘The idea of an ‘inner sanctum' evokes the private, protected, or sacred spaces we create in our homes and communities as a refuge and sanctuary, as well as the faculty of imagination, which allows us to see culture and society differently. Within the exhibition, this takes place in homes and gardens and on walking tracks, and in memories and stories of family and ancestors. It is also seen in locations of special knowledge, sacred activities, cultural environments, and, importantly, in the working spaces of artists and the art museum itself.'In this segment, we hear from Adelaide Biennial Curator, Jose Da Silva who has over twenty years of curatorial experience in Australian art museums, George Cooley, a First Nations Artist and old time Opal miner and community leader from Coober Pedy and  Jess Loughlin, one of Australia's most internationally acclaimed glass artists.

George Cooley - Coober Pedy Opal Mining by AGSA

François Mazure, journaliste d'un monde à part, nous emmène dans l'incroyable ville de Coober Pedy, au cœur du désert australien. Merci pour votre écoute Tendances Première, c'est également en direct tous les jours de la semaine de 10h à 11h30 sur www.rtbf.be/lapremiere Retrouvez tous les épisodes de Tendances Première sur notre plateforme Auvio.be : https://auvio.rtbf.be/emission/11090 Et si vous avez apprécié ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner des étoiles ou des commentaires, cela nous aide à le faire connaître plus largement.

Alex Proyas: Kissing the Dirt and Hollywood 2024! We are pleased to have famed Director and true auteur Alex Proyas on today's episode of INXS: Access all Areas to share fascinating insights and anecdotes around the filming in Coober Pedy, South Australia of “Kiss the Dirt” video in early 1986. ARIA award nominated, this led to iconic videos for the emerging Crowded House band's “Don't dream it's over” and “Better be home soon” hits that created the impetus for Alex to go overseas and pursue his ultimate passion being “feature films”. A true sci-fi disciple, Alex went onto work with famed actors Brandon Lee, William Hurt, Kiefer Sutherland, Will Smith, Chadwick Bozeman, Jennifer Connelly and Nicolas Cage in iconic productions such as The Crow, Dark City, I Robot and Gods of Egypt, Alex is a true surrealist and auteur to his craft of making meaningful and impactful cinematic art for all the right reasons. We explore the interesting parallels between both the music and film industry and how one often informs the other in good and bad ways. Passionate, purposeful and occasionally political, Alex truly opens up about a range of issues that affect the way we consume content and how things could be better, and for this, we are grateful for his stance and passion. Love and peace https://www.inxsaccessallareas.com https://www.change.org/p/induct-inxs  

On Episode 17 of the Everything Caravan & Camping - ECC Podcast, we discuss the importance of caravanners having a UHF radio, essential caravan cleaning products, we catch up with our good mates The Lifestyle Pioneers, discover a magnificent park in opal mining territory, and Harry Fisher cooks up the ultimate Bush Schetta. Mobile Caravan Weighing Dave Lewis joins Host Scott Hillier to talk about the importance of UHF radios and why every caravanner should have one. ECC product expert Charlie Graham drops in to talk about caravan cleaning products including Microguard, and how you can keep your van mould free. Scott catches up with ECC good friends and hosts of the ECC Off-Grid Travel Series Simon and Liz from The Lifestyle Pioneers, who are in the middle of the Nullarbor Plain travelling to Western Australia.   Simon and Liz discuss their new Toyota Landcruiser build with plenty of custom features. They also talk about their 19foot Titanium Hardcore caravan and a few luxury items including a desalination plant in their van to help them stay off-grid even longer and provide some tips to help you get out and enjoy your next camping experience. Harry Fisher of Fire To Fork pops in to help you cook the ultimate Bush Schetta with pork snags, tomatoes, basil, balsamic vinegar. Harry also provides a delicious kids option as well to keep the family well fed. ECCParks Jason Filippini provides the perfect holiday destination in the opal mining town of Coober Pedy, South Australia. The park provides powered and unpowered sites, cabins, ensuites, outdoor and indoor pools, as well as underground accommodation for a unique experience. The park also provides tours of the mining town and you can even do some fossicking yourself. Don't forget to sign up to the Everything Caravan & Camping newsletter and receive a special 10% off discount code when you shop at www.everythingcaravancamping.com.au 

It looks like any other desert at first glance. But look closer, and you'll see… an entire underground town! Why would anybody want to live here, out in the middle of nowhere? What are they hiding, and could there be other strange cities like it? Back in 1915, a boy found an opal gemstone in the middle of the desert in South Australia. This discovery attracted attention to this place and changed its history. As soon as the miners arrived at Coober Pedy, they were met by a harsh unbearable climate. During the summer months, temperatures can exceed 100°F in the shade! There was no place to hide from the desert heat, except… underground. Let's know more about this unusual place and about some other weirdest cities in the world. #brightside CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Part of the Rocks and Minerals display in the Royal Ontario Museum Toronto: By Tony Hisgett, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Begich Towers: By Jessica Spengler, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Me in Oymyakon: By Maarten Takens, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Multicolor rough crystal opal from Coober Pedy, South Australia: By Dpulitzer, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Havasu Falls: By Gonzo fan2007, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Oymyakon, Sakha Republic, Russia: By Ilya Varlamov, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Main Square, Copy of Halstatt, near Huizou, Guangdong Province: By Chinadoc, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Animation is created by Bright Side. Music by Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com/ Subscribe to Bright Side : https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook:   / brightside   Instagram:   / brightgram   5-Minute Crafts Youtube: https://www.goo.gl/8JVmuC Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We discuss chapters 28-36 of Benjamin Stevenson's 'Everyone on this Train is a Suspect', the second novel in his 'Everyone' series. A stop-off in Coober Pedy sees Ernest on a car-chase with a train, hurtling down the track after the enormous iron horse. Fortunately, the cows are on his side, and he is back on the case to identify the killer still on the train. Two bodies, two riddles, two methods of death, where are the parallels? With Alan's botched denouement out of the way, will the police even let him look at the clues? Nobody is getting off, and everyone on this train is...you get the point. We're joined by Dr. Kate Evans of ABC Radio National's 'The Bookshelf' across these three weeks, and also chat more with Benjamin Stevenson about the intentions and key choices behind the twists of this book. Thank you to BAD: Sydney Crime Writers' Festival, and Penguin Australia for providing copies of 'Everyone on this Train is a Suspect'.

About 850km north of Adelaide sits Coober Pedy, a town that can reach temperatures of about 50C. In this Summer episode of Newsable we hear now the 1500 residents, escape the heat, living underground in discarded opal mine shafts.

Steak and Mariachi steer the boozy, Taco Bell-infused ship through a three-hour episode split into two parts. Anticipation builds for Steak’s road trip to Coober Pedy with Jim, Grimbo, and Mr. Gravy Stains Bieber, exploring the enigmatic Shannon Noll roid road and raising questions about Jetstar’s alleged involvement. A heated debate ensues about the morality […]

Steak and Mariachi steer the boozy, Taco Bell-infused ship through a three-hour episode split into two parts. Anticipation builds for Steak’s road trip to Coober Pedy with Jim, Grimbo, and Mr. Gravy Stains Bieber, exploring the enigmatic Shannon Noll roid road and raising questions about Jetstar’s alleged involvement. A heated debate ensues about the morality […] The post Episode 30: Opal Hookers (Teeth Pending) first appeared on Jims Urbex Adelaide.

Tony Williams left home at the age of 16 to work on Nilpinna Station for his childhood idol Jimmy Nunn. That was almost 50 years ago. Today, Tony is in his 40th year as the manager of Mt Barry Station, near the town of Coober Pedy in SA. In this episode, he shares yarns from the past 5 decades and what he has learnt along the way about life, love, and loss.      See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Contamos historias alrededor de lo que construimos, alrededor de las ciudades, los pueblos, las casas y los edificios, alrededor de los aeropuertos, las presas y las autopistas. Hablamos de historias sobre cómo nos relacionamos con todo eso que construimos y destruimos, que en el fondo, como todas las historias, son historias sobre cómo nos relacionamos entre nosotros mismos.

Mitten in Australiens Outback liegt eine Stadt, die so außergewöhnlich ist, dass sie mittlerweile eine eigene Attraktion darstellt.

Because Westpac lied to the Senate inquiry into regional bank closures back in February, the residents of Coober Pedy in remote South Australia are stuck in a financial “nightmare”. Senior 9News.com.au journalist Emily McPherson has documented their nightmare in a very important 27 October article titled “Coober Pedy's last bank closed eight months ago. Here's what happened next”. The residents revealed: • They avoid going to the bank because the closest bank is now 540 km away in Port Augusta. • Coober Pedy's opal tourism economy is heavily cash-dependent, but taking cash to Port Augusta “is a safety issue”—with no mobile coverage for two-and-a-half hours of the trip, businesses fear they are a “target” for criminals who assume cars driving from Coober Pedy to Port Augusta are carrying cash. • The few ATMs in town always run out of money because the businesses which operate them can't get enough cash—petrol station and restaurant owner Chris Pantelis said he previously withdrew $50,000-$70,000 from the bank to restock his ATM, but now he can only restock it from his own cash takings. • Only Bank@Post provides banking services in Coober Pedy, but customers can't open bank accounts at the post office, and it limits withdrawals to $2,000 and deposits to $7,000, woefully inadequate for a town regularly visited by opal buyers carrying half a million dollars in cash. • Michael Edgecomb, from community group Coober Pedy Together, noted the local Aboriginal population and others “rely on being able to open accounts, get replacement cards and check identities—which you can't do at the post office”, so “community services are having to do a lot more work to help people prove their identity so they can access cash, and it's really tricky”. Coober Pedy is only enduring this nightmare because of Westpac's deliberate deception back in February, when the Senate established the current inquiry into bank closures in regional Australia. On the 10th of February, Inquiry Chair Senator Matt Canavan and the entire Senate committee wrote to the banks asking them to pause any more branch closures until the inquiry concluded. The same day, Westpac replied: “In response to the Committee's request, Westpac will postpone eight regional branch closures that were announced in February 2023. No further decisions on regional branch closures will be made while we engage with the Inquiry.” Politicians and the media praised Westpac for this announcement. However, in that letter Westpac deliberately omitted to mention seven other Westpac branches slated to close, which also should have been paused, including Coober Pedy seven days later and Carnamah in WA 14 days later. Westpac was the last bank in both towns. On the 17th of February, independent journalist Dale Webster excoriated Westpac's “stunning PR subterfuge” in an article in The Regional titled, “Westpac's deception by omission will not be forgotten”: In May, under the pressure of scrutiny from the inquiry, Westpac reversed the closures of the eight paused branches, saying it will keep them open permanently. If Westpac had not deceived the Committee about the seven other branches, Westpac would have had to include them in its reversal decision, and the townspeople of Coober Pedy would not be living their nightmare. Australian Citizens Party Research Director Robert Barwick said: “Coober Pedy only ever had one bank, Westpac. Its economy didn't change, Westpac did—into a digital model that doesn't serve customers. “The government should establish a full public postal bank to serve these towns and take customers away from the banks that don't want to provide a service anymore.”

It's interesting that Australia is poised to vote on giving First Nationsl people a voice to parliament, but for many of us we are not familiar with the voices around us. How many of us know our neighbours or interact regularly with people in our community, stopping for a chat and a shared experience? In this episode, our political pundit, Robert Godden returns to "read the tea leaves" of where Australia is at regarding voter intention for the October 14, 2023, referendum. This segment will either age really well or age really poorly. Then, we hear a number of voices from people who have gathered at the weekly, Friday night, open mic evenings at Carob and Hare in the main street of Kanmantoo. The Carob business owners and curator of these community events, Donna Twycross, takes Steve on a journey through Carob, and then expands on her vision for regular community nights at her venue. We also hear from Stevie Ray Wonder (MC for the Friday night events), Kathryn and Peter Roberts (local residents), and Garry Duncan (artist). The SA Drink Of The Week in this episode is a Gipsie Jack Cabernet from Langhorne Creek. And in the Musical Pilgrimage, our featured artist is another performer from Carob and Hare, Rod Mitchell, who is one half of the collaboation, BW4. You can navigate episodes using chapter markers in your podcast app. Not a fan of one segment? You can click next to jump to the next chapter in the show. We're here to serve! The Adelaide Show Podcast: Awarded Silver for Best Interview Podcast in Australia at the 2021 Australian Podcast Awards and named as Finalist for Best News and Current Affairs Podcast in the 2018 Australian Podcast Awards. And please consider becoming part of our podcast by joining our Inner Circle. It's an email list. Join it and you might get an email on a Sunday or Monday seeking question ideas, guest ideas and requests for other bits of feedback about YOUR podcast, The Adelaide Show. Email us directly and we'll add you to the list: podcast@theadelaideshow.com.au If you enjoy the show, please leave us a 5-star review in iTunes or other podcast sites, or buy some great merch from our Red Bubble store - The Adelaide Show Shop. We'd greatly appreciate it. And please talk about us and share our episodes on social media, it really helps build our community. Oh, and here's our index of all episode in one concisepage Running Sheet: The Voice And The Voices: From The Referendum To Community Friday Nights At Kanmantoo 00:00:00 Intro Introduction 00:04:41 SA Drink Of The Week 2019 Gipsie Jack Cabernet. This wine is the "house red" at Carob and Hare and is an intriguing drop, over-delivering on value with every sip. 00:08:54 Robert Godden and The Voice Referendum Our political commentator, Robert Godden, joins Steve to read the tea leaves of where Australia is at as it approaches the October 14, 2023, referendum on The Voice. 00:39:44 Donna Twycross, Carob and Hare, and the people and performers of Kanmantoo Every Friday night from 5.30-ish until 9-ish, locals and visitor amble in to Carob and Hare on the main street of Kanmantoo, to eat simple food, have a drink, and either listen to or perform music (or both), with an environment of inclusive warmth. The mystical and energetic conjurer of this gathering is the owner of Carob and Hare, Donna Twycross. Donna fell in love with carob when she was in her teens because it tasted great (to her) and met her needs of being a healthy addition to her diet. Today, she produces Hare Balls and other treats using locally grown carob, from our friends Michael and Jam Jolley at The Australian Carob Co. in Booborowie, South Australia. As you'll hear in the discussion, carob is a sweet edible pod that comes from the carob tree. It's been cultivated for over 4000 years and if you get good pods, it tastes very good. That wasn't Steve's experience growing up, but Donna helps put that into perspective. Aside from her carob business, Donna explains the rationale for the weekly community gatherings she hosts, as well as special, monthly, Saturday night themed events. She also shares a sneak peek into her new, Sunday afternoon events themed around Alice in Wonderland, should you happen to visit Kanmantoo from mid-October onwards. In this chat we also meet Stevie Ray Wonder (not his real name, but all will be explained), who has fallen into the role of MCing and stage managing the Friday night events. We also meet locals, Kathryn and Peter Roberts. They moved here many years ago and have reflections to share, including some from Peter who has been driving the school bus for a long time, watching kids grow as he gets them from point A to point B. Finally, we chat with artist, Garry Duncan. Garry is another local and a regular and his artwork not only adorns boardrooms around the world, silos around South Australia, and a variety of galleries everywhere, but it hangs in pride of place around Carob and Hare.​ 01:42:01 Musical Pilgrimage Our featured song this episode is Plague Of Monsters by BW4. BW4 is a partnership between Steve Hearne and Rod Mitchell. Rob Performed at Carob and Hare, despite being a long way from his hometown of Andamooka (which is a hefty stone's throw from another source of opals, Coober Pedy, which recently featured on The Adelaide Show). BW4 is named after a redundant microwave tower on the Stuart Highway just south of Pimba because Rod was fascinated by Central Australian deserts and disputed Australian History. That note makes this song more relevant than ever because The Voice debate has seemed to release angels as well as monsters as people reflect on what the referendum is all about.Support the show: https://theadelaideshow.com.au/listen-or-download-the-podcast/adelaide-in-crowd/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

GUEST OVERVIEW: Gregory Scully is a Western Orthodox bishop who is best known for his appearance on the Australian television show "Outback Opal Hunters" where he uses explosives to expose opal seams in his claim in order to put a deposit down to fund a mission in Coober Pedy that will help addicts overcome their substance abuse.

It looks like any other desert at first glance. But look closer, and you'll see… an entire underground town! Why would anybody want to live here, out in the middle of nowhere? What are they hiding, and could there be other strange cities like it? Back in 1915, a boy found an opal gemstone in the middle of the desert in South Australia. This discovery attracted attention to this place and changed its history. As soon as the miners arrived at Coober Pedy, they were met by a harsh unbearable climate. During the summer months, temperatures can exceed 100°F in the shade! There was no place to hide from the desert heat, except… underground. Let's know more about this unusual place and about some other weirdest cities in the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We free camp at Lake Hart, stop in to see the rockets and missiles at the Woomera Prohibited Area and stay at one of our all time favourite Hipcamp properties in Coober Pedy.  Plus we cook up a delicious potato bake on the Weber and get a sneak peek into life underground in this unique outback town.   Our epic road trip from South East Queensland to the incredible Red Centre – Uluru and Kata Tjuta – the beating heart of Central Australia, is underway!  We'll be driving approximately 7500km over a 28 day period to complete this mini lap of Australia – a road trip we believe every Aussie should experience in their lifetime!  Listen to our Feel Good Road Trip Spotify playlist here -https://open.spotify.com/playlist/47S2LkmpBxztMEH8sw6Frt?fbclid=IwAR0Xk2BwpoAhbk5Xvl1cwadO2FzPVl2PHboIWNDPmtzW_F-1-4fKfw4AalU Be sure to Subscribe and join us for all of the road trip adventures! Check out the footage from our latest episodes on our Family Travel Australia YouTube channel – https://www.youtube.com/@TheFeelGoodFamily Get your hands on a copy of our 2023 updated Ultimate Travel Australia eBook and start planning your dream travels -  https://thefeelgoodfamily.com/product/ultimate-australia-road-trip-ready-pack-travel-guide/ Subscribe to Jasperoo - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCceGx3esRSQBYZfWvf4KVtw  Our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/thefeelgoodfamily has a new destination video every Sunday night at 6.30pm (AEST). We would love to connect with you on Facebook, Instagram and our website www.thefeelgoodfamily.com  Our Family Travel Australia Podcast is now LIVE and available on all podcast platforms, with a new episode aired every Friday night 8:30pm [AEST].

This week we have a S W A T H E R of roving reports to catch up on with PK at Shiraz Trail parkrun, Mark at Yackandandah Rail Trail, Johan in outback Coober Pedy and Action Man out at Altona Beach parkrun. We have news of special days and parkrun ends, emails and club creations, plus a new challenge (or is it) to ponder. Plus Rachel is back to bring us insight from cyberspace.

Brad Foster reports on Australia's rising migration figures, provides an update on the passing of comedian Barry Humphries, and has news of a new reality TV show being filmed in the outback town of Coober Pedy with Hollywood stars arriving over the weekend in secret.

Il progetto del fotografo italiano dal titolo "THERE IS A LOT TO SEE IF YOU LOOK" è stato pubblicato su Le Monde e Australian Geographic.

In PX103, our interview subject is Tim Jackson, a +40 year veteran of local government in Victoria and South Australia. Tim recently retired for a second time from the paid workforce after completing his four year role as the State Government appointed Administrator at the District of Council of Coober Pedy in South Australia in February. This was the first time an Administrator had been appointed to a South Australian Council in almost forty years. 

Prior to his first retirement, Tim was CEO of the City of Playford in South Australia for eighteen years. Playford was and is South Australia's fastest growing local government area. At the time of his departure, it was the eleventh fastest growing local government area in Australia. Prior to his time in South Australia, he was employed in Victoria by the City of Prahran which became the City of Stonnington after the reorganisation of local government in Victoria in the early 1990s.

Tim principal interest throughout his career has been about empowering citizens and employees. Tim has simultaneously performed many voluntary non executive roles in the for purpose sector. In Podcast Extra / Culture Corner, Tim recommends Utopia the TV series (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia_(Australian_TV_series) and the biography of Sir Edmund Hillary, ‘Edmund Hillary – A Biography: The extraordinary life of the beekeeper who climbed Everest' by Michael Gill. Details on Hillary are found at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Hillary Jess recommends ‘Madoff - The Monster of Wall Street' on Netflix. Pete recommends the short stories of W. Somerset Maugham including ‘Far Eastern Tales' on Audible. Details of Maugham can be found at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Somerset_Maugham. Audio production by Jack Bavage. Podcast released 24 March 2023. PlanningxChange is proud to be a member of the Urban Broadcast Collective.

Australia's wine exports are starting to stabilise after almost two years of declines in volume and value following the imposition of tariffs by China, Lower Lakes and Coorong spring monitoring has begun and native fish species are being found in large numbers and recent wet and humid conditions have raised the risk of downy mildew for fruit and grape crops in parts of the state.

In Australia, there are now two expressions of Anglicanism. The first congregation of the new Diocese of the Southern Cross started at Beenleigh in Brisbane last  Sunday and the Diocese's first bishop Glenn Davies will be appointed on Thursday. Other congregations are expected to join in the next few months. The spilt in the Australian Anglican Church follows the failure of the Bishops of the National Church to support the denomination's traditional teaching that marriage is between a man and woman. It follows similar splits in the United States, Canada, New Zealand and Brazil. Peter Palmer was the minister of St George's Anglican Church in Brisbane until serving under Brisbane Archbishop Phillip Aspinal became untenable. He had served the Bush Church Aid society for 16 years, having been involved in indigenous ministries in Wyndem WA, church and mining ministry in Coober Pedy, SA and FIFO chaplaincy to mines. Now, Peter will pastor the new Southern Cross Anglican Church of Beenleigh and Logan.Peter says his decision to leave the South East Queensland diocese, where he had pastored St George's Beenleigh for six and a half years, was provoked by the national bishops' failure to endorse biblical marriage and Archbishop Aspinall's presidential address at the synod in Brisbane.Archbishop Aspinall's address was described by one of his ministers as ‘hurtful, hypocritical and hateful'.  https://bit.ly/3dAVHuJ#gafaus22 #gafcon22Support the show

After last episode's icy prison break, Sean and Cody go down under for Pride Month as they load up the bus for a queer road trip into the outback. In The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Australian drag queen Tick (Hugo Weaving) gets a gig to do a show in the remote outback down of Alice Springs, so he teams up with the flamboyant Felicia (Guy Pearce) and transgender widow Bernadette (Terence Stamp) to get a bus to transport them, their costumes and a giant high-heeled shoe halfway across the continent. But there's more on the road than dust and kangaroos, as the trio encounter homophobia, unexpected allies, and various bonding experiences in the places they stop along the way. Environmental issues discussed include resource extraction in Australia, boom towns such as Broken Hill and Coober Pedy, aborigines and their sense of their land and history, and lots of queer history. How did resource extraction, especially gold and other precious metals, shape the history and environment of modern Australia? How did queer history unfold in Australia and how was it different from the course of queer history in the U.S.? Which tiny Australian town produces 70% of the world's opal? What was the only battle of World War I fought on Australian soil, and how did it come to involve an ice cream salesman? Which environmental hero's name was claimed by 111 women arrested for an anti-nuclear protest near a site shown in the film? Was Australia slower to warm to LGBT equality than other countries, and if so, why? How did they get the iconic shot in this film? Who is lip-syncing to Vanessa Williams in the end credits? As progressive as this film was for its time, how is it still incredibly cringe-inducing today? All these questions are ready to do drag in the desert in this, the penultimate regular episode of Green Screen. Where you can find The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-adventures-of-priscilla-queen-of-the-desert The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) on IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109045/ The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-adventures-of-priscilla-queen-of-the-desert/ Next Movie Up: Dances With Wolves (1990) Additional Materials About This Episode

In a land as rich with eccentricities as the Australian Outback, Coober Pedy manages to stand out. A small town in South Australia plopped down in a nearly uninhabitable desert, it is dry and sterile, grassless and unpretty. Read more --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/max-hartshorne/support

Originally aired January 11, 2021After needing a break from her career in film and TV, Sophie took a very fortuitous turn in her life by finding the most random job she could, milking camels. If you didn't realize camels could be milked, neither did I. To make a long story short, Sophie fell in love with camels and never went back to her old career. Her ongoing 5-year passion for camels has taken her to places like The Flinders Ranges, Lake Eyre and The Tirari Desert, Uluru, Michigan USA, Texas, and Rajasthan India. At some point in the pursuit to learn more about these amazing creatures, Sophie got the idea to cross Australia on foot while being accompanied by 5 wild (or “feral”) camels. This would not only entail catching and taming 5 out of upwards of a million wild camels that roam Australia, but also walking thousands of kilometers across the vast and void Australian Outback. Keep in mind, Australia is the geographic size of the US with 1/10th of the population. A wild idea indeed!Today Sophie joins us from just over the halfway point of the journey in the bizarre little town of Coober Pedy. Check out this past Monday's episode for an update to this adventure. www.sophiematterson.comInstagram: @sophiemattersonFacebook Coast-to-Coast-to-camel-trekSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/adventure-sports-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Oodnadatta, 200 kilometres north of Coober Pedy, has been cut off for over two weeks now, leaving residents without critical food and fuel supplies.

The Australian Defence Force is flying in 20 tonnes of essential food and supplies to Coober Pedy as SA's flood-stricken north prepares for more extreme weather.

Some of Macca's most interesting phone calls from this week (including one from a Qantas pilot many thousand feet above Coober Pedy on his way to Sydney).

We don't love making this a gendered conversation but sometimes we just can't help it. It turns out that women might just be able to smell fear. We don't love it, that we might keep doing stupid stuff because we can't smell the danger in it, and so we've decided that we all need to hang around more women in our lives. Sorry ladies. We promise we'll be quiet. We just need your nasal insights. Gross. Sorry. Dem BonesThis whole show is really about bones. We didn't plan it that way… just happened. We start with Pete's hips. Oh, did you hear that? That little voice in your head? Listen carefully… it just said, “This podcast was inspired by Pete's hips…” You'll never hear THAT again. In any case, Pete dug into research that connects stress and anxiety to joint pain. It turns out, when your body is under constant emotional stress, it's also under chemical stress. And THAT's bad for your bones. Learn more from in Association of Stress-Related Disorders With Subsequent Autoimmune Disease. You can learn more from the kind specialists at University of Maryland Spine Center as they blog eloquently in: Why Does Stress and Anxiety Cause Joint Pain?We pivot from joint stress on the bones to what happens when Tommy tries to eat them. The bones, that is. He's a real meat-hound, but as it turns out, sucking the meat off of bones gives him real trouble, and he's not alone. The word is cartilogenophobia and rest assured, he's going to really bite into this one.Coober PedyCoober Pedy is a small town that sits in the middle of South Australia, about an hour north of Adelaide. It's hot there — it can hit the 120s in the summer — and with climate change, it's only getting hotter. And still, 1,800 people consisting of over 50 nationalities call this slice of the Outback home. And of all the homes in Coober Pedy, more than 60% of them are underground. Here are a few fantastic vids and resources to check out:This is the town where people live underground - Coober PedyLife against the odds in Australia's underground townWelcome to Coober Pedy, the world's strangest town • The Telegraph

Tahukah kamu? Di Australia ada sebuah kota yang kegiatannya dilakukan di bawah tanah. Tempat ini namanya Coober Pedy. Coober Pedy terletak di Australia Selatan dan merupakan salah satu wilayah paling panas di Australia. Di Coober Pedy, penduduknya membangun kota di bawah tanah dan tinggal di sana. Mengapa Orang di Coober Pedy Lebih Suka Tinggal di Bawah Tanah? Rupanya, di atas permukaan tanah, suhu Coober Pedy adalah sekitar 50 derajat Celcius. Sementara di bawah tanah, suhu Coober Pedy adalah 23 - 25 derajat Celcius. Di sana ada sekitar 2500 orang yang tinggal di bawah tanah. Selain rumah, di sana juga ada gereja bawah tanah, motel bawah tanah, sampai toko di bawah tanah.

Show notes: In this episode, we imagine a future where some Indian cities expand underground. Population in our cities is at an all time high and there's limited space to grow outwards. So city administrators decide to move downwards, below the land the city already has. Is it technically possible for Indian cities to expand underground? What can we move below our land surface? And would people even want to live or work there? Imagined Tomorrow is created and hosted by Shreya Dasgupta. The episode was co-edited by Abhishek Madan. Intro and outro music is by Abhijit Shylanath. Get in touch via Twitter, or email imagined.tomorrow@gmail.com. Guests: Subject experts Dr. R. K. Goel, an expert in Tunnel & Underground Space Design and a former professor at the Central Institute of Mining and Fuel research in Dhanbad. Dr. Sanjukkta Bhaduri, a professor of urban planning, in the School of Planning and architecture in New Delhi. Dr. Adam Charles Roberts, a human factors psychologist at Singapore-ETH centre. Disclaimer: Dr. Roberts' research is supported by MND and NRF, Singapore. Findings and opinions expressed are those of the author's alone. Others Saraswati and Chintan - People who work in the basement office of a housing complex, in order of appearance. Episode music Interlude music by Abhishek Madan, astrofreq, and lesfm from Pixabay. Episode artwork Image by allinonemovie from Pixabay. For further reading: The underground mining town of Coober Pedy in Australia. Read this or this. Indranil Banerjie's article on the opening of Kolkata's first underground metro stretch. Read here. Singapore's plans of expanding underground. Read here. Helsinki's underground master plan. Read here. Gjøvik, Norway's olympic cavern hall. Read here.

Luke and Andrew check-in from Coober Pedy, Australia, "The Opal Capital of the World," where they record the show next to a dang spaceship! They discuss the all the news that's fit to print in the Coober Pedy Regional Times, and why Luke should stop trying to prank other hotel guests. This is Day 3 of the TBTL-a-Thon! Please support this podcast by clicking here, making a donation, and getting some really cool gifts in return!