Opals muHurumende: Australian Amazing Underground Mining Town

Kutsvaga nzvimbo yakasiyana-siyana chaiyo yekuunza vana kuAustralia? Funga nezveCoberber Pedy , guta remakore zana remakore ekumigodhi muApback inonzi "dugouts" -mapuranga akavezwa pasi pano kuti adzivirire vashandi kubva pamhepo inopisa, pfungwa inotanga kubudiswa neVaSusia masoja vachidzoka kubva kuWWI. Zita reguta rino rinobva kuAboriginal izwi kupa-piti , rinoreva "chichena chemunhu."

Opal yokutanga yakawanikwa muna 1915 nemwana wemakore gumi nemana anonzi Willie Hutchison.

An opal rush yakatevera, guta rakasimuka, uye nhasi Coober Pedy (p. 3 500) anopa huwandu hwehupamhi hwepamusoro hwepachena. Vakawanda veguta vese-vagari vese vanogara vachiri kudugouts.

Unofanirwa kuita uye kuona: Mhuri dzinogona kutsvaga zvayo , uye dzinoongorora zvitsva zveguta racho, izvo zvinosanganisira kuvhara museums, makereke uye dzimwe nzvimbo. Willie's opal yokutanga ichiri kuratidzwa paAld Timers Mine museum muguta.

Munzvimbo yeThe Jewell Box, kune nzvimbo yakasarudzwa ye "fossicking". Kuparara kwenyika kunoreva kupfurikidza nemapuranga edombo nekato kadiki uye foshoro. Apo opal inoratidzwa chiedza chezuva, unogona kutarisa zviratidzo zvevaravara, kana "potch." Mune dzimwe nzvimbo, unogona kutarisa matombo achifamba nepakati pekutakura pasi pechiedza che-ultra-violet munzvimbo yakasvibiswa kuitira kuti uone zviratidzo nyore nyore.

Kufara maitiro: Guta racho raive nzvimbo huru yeWim Wenders '"Kusvikira Mugumo Wepasi" muna 1991 uye "Opal Dream" muna 2006.

Kunze kweguta ndiyo Mwedzi Mwedzi, nzvimbo isina kugadzikana, nzvimbo yakadzika yakave yakaonekwa semamiriro ekupedzisira-apocalyptic mumifananidzo yechitendero "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome," nzvimbo yakakwirira mu "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" uye yakashandira sepasi rekune imwe nyika muHollywood sci-f flick "Pitch Black."

Kuenda ikoko: Coober Pedy inenge 525 makiromita kuchamhembe kweAdelaide paStart Highway, iri kuchamhembe kweSouth Australia kunze kweAustralia. Iwe unogonawo kusvika kuna Coober Pedy paGreyhound Bus kubva kuAdelaide kana Alice Springs.

Nguva yekuenda: March kusvika November. Iwe hauzove wakasununguka munguva yezhizha muAustralia (yechando muNorth America neEurope), apo kutonhora kunogona kuwedzera madigiri makumi mashanu Fahrenheit (45 degrees Celsius). Iyo yakaoma yezhizha yezhizha dzemazhizha ejecha ndiro chikonzero chizhinji vagari vemo vanofarira kugara mumapako akashongedzwa mumakomo, anozivikanwa se "dugouts." Inogona kunge inopisa inopisa kunze, asi kubhururuka kunoramba kuri kupisa kunotonhorera nguva dzose.

Kwatingazogara: Kana uri muguta rino rega rekumigodhi, unogona kugara mune imwe yepasi pedels motels kana B & Bs muCoober Pedy, kana kusarudza hotera yekare.