February 15th, 2003, 05:23 AM
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Sydney, Australia (the 3rd island!)
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Re: OT: Rating the President
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Originally posted by dogscoff:
EDIT: Am I imagining this, or did I see a thing about a place in Australia somewhere wher, in the absence of building materials (they're in a desert) they dug themselves an entire town out of the rock beneath their feet, and still live there very comfortably now. Need a new bedroom? Get the pick axe Norma...
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Its Coober Pedy. Its an opal mining town in the desert north of Adelaide. The best thing about the underground houses is they are nice and cool, as it is fricken hot outside.
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