Detailed Report on Hospitality and Tourism in Coober Pedy

This report provides an overview of hospitality and tourism in Coober Pedy, a unique destination in South Australia known for its underground hotels and opal mines. It details the attractions, including heritage sites, the golf course, and scenic views. The report highlights the amenities available, such as underground hotels with air conditioning, and discusses the accessibility options, including coach services, train services, and flights. Ancillary services, like opal mines and underground cafes, are also covered. The report emphasizes the exceptional experiences offered to visitors, promoting Coober Pedy as a destination that combines cultural richness with modern amenities. The author guarantees a pleasant stay and enjoyable experience for all visitors.

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Magical Coober Pedy
“Get outback and go underground”
Have an enjoying stay in Coober Pedy and enjoy the best hospitality services. Being a
gem of a place with great scenic view of the endless dessert, we offer you the best quality
services to make you enjoy your freedom at the destination and escape from the drab
monotonous life. Come, do visit us.
Attractions
Coober Pedy is a great place that offers endless desert views and it is a great
destination for people to come here and enjoy the warmth of the place by escaping from the
drab monotony. Located in the state of South Australia to the south east portion of the desert
along with exceptional underground hotels offer great hospitality to the guests visiting the
place (Dutkiewicz, Landgrebe and Rey 2015). The major attractions include heritage sites
such as 13 Hutchison Street, which has a three roomed dugout and 9 Hutchison Street Coober
Pedy Catholic Church and Presbytery are among the few other major attractions present in
the destination. Something that most of the guests enjoy is the golf course present here where
one can plat at night with glowing golf balls so that the heat at daytime can be avoided. The
golf course is free from grass and it is something new that the tourists can enjoy and thus it is
one of the areas that enjoy the reciprocal rights of the The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St
Andrews (Sackett 2013). The Sunset on the Break ways offers great view and the small hills
further enhances the beauty of the place. There are Big Winch and the way local people live
here is a treat to watch.

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Amenities
The amenities include great quality underground hotels available which offers great
air conditioning services as the temperature is quite high here. Though, we don’t make any of
our guests face any issues due to the hot weather, we are known for our excellence in
delivering every hospitality services available from our side during their stay at the hotels.
Desert Cave Hotel offers underground stay because it is much colder than the outside
temperature and he guests can enjoy something new and different during their stay (Hill
2018). Modern amenities are available here and it is recommended for the people to visit the
tourist spot of Coober Pedy in Australia during the months from September to December.

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Access
There are all sorts of modern accessibility options available here. There are daily
coach services available from the Adelaide by Greyhound Australia to reach the town of
Coober Pedy. The Ghan train services further has improved the accessibility options by
halting at Manguri Siding, from where people can reach the destination within half an hour
(Dickson 2013). There are multiple tourism options that are available and have made cars
available for people to reach the destination from central option of Australia with much ease
and effectiveness. There are outback communities of William Creek and Oodnadatta, both of
which are located at the Oodnadatta Track and thus there are two trains on a weekly basis
from Coober Pedy (Law, Buhalis and Cobanoglu 2014). The Regional Express offers direct
flights that can make people reach Adelaide from the airport present at Coober Pedy Airport.

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Ancillary services
The Old Timers Opal Mine are open for visitors with guides and there are uncut opals
that are available for the guests. There are artefacts like letters from the Royal and Ancient
Golf Club of St Andrews and a 18 hole golf course in Nullarbor plain, which is located in the
south east region. Not only the tourism services include hotel accommodation underground,
but also there are underground cafes, churches, bookstores and even camping areas, all of
which are present underground. The huge amounts of opals present in this area have brought
people to this stark landscape and people can visit the opal mines quite easily with the guides
(Mok, Sparks and Kadampully 2013). There are multiple options of underground houses
available at reasonable rates for the guests and are made available for guests as well for the
tours such as Faye’s Underground Home, Crocodile Harry’s Underground Nest. There are
other services such as the guests can enjoy some time with the local people and visit the
Umoona Opal mine and museum down the Hutchinson street to experience an Aboriginal
interpretive display and also enjoy the Break ways hills that are eroded deeply, yet filled with
rich colours of red, orange and white (Dutkiewicz, Landgrebe and Rey 2015).

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Therefore, we can guarantee all of you to have a pleasant stay and have an enjoyable
experience at Coober Pedy. Do come and visit the place and make it more popular so that
more and more people can come here and maintain the good culture of the place along with
management of diversity and enriched experience during the visit in this place.

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