Subscribe to Channel 4 Docs: bit.ly/2IzNJyi Watch the FULL series on All 4: bit.ly/2Q2btSJ Coober Pedy is an Australian town where half of its inhabitants live underground! #Docson4 #Channel4Docs #All4 #WorldsMostExtreme
-drops a stone down a hole Neighbours living down there: OY MATE, THAT WAS MY BEST TABLE!
@Jordan-ko7me4 жыл бұрын
Andizu1 omg yes 😂
@jeksixten57514 жыл бұрын
Hahahahaah
@knightmare66704 жыл бұрын
Hahahahahaha😂
@Joemame3 жыл бұрын
Drop a rock down... ...And a bullet comes up.
@21stcenturyozman203 жыл бұрын
@@brianlanders5306 Ownership of only *unnecessary* firearms are banned in Oz.
@Nat-jf2ge3 жыл бұрын
I've stayed at an underground hotel there, it was pretty cool and you don't know if it's day or night. If you're thinking of checking out Coober Pedy bring a fly net, they'll drive you mad in summer.
@Full_Drama7773 жыл бұрын
Hey!! How about in winters(coz planning to go now) and how about the accomodation. Can you recommend some Thanks
@Dino-pq3eu3 жыл бұрын
Ditto .... it was the best nights sleep I've ever had.
@tdb79923 жыл бұрын
A lot of those homes are surprisingly nice and have a lot of room, and they have a few churches that are really something special. I was in the outback in winter and holy moly, the wind at night and in the early morning can be freezing cold. Living underground is actually a really smart idea. Their power cost would be really low, especially with renewables.
@petejames13262 жыл бұрын
im a city slicker and im thinking of moving to coober pedy because the cheap little houses, whats the place really like? is it very rough with lots of indigenous causing issues? everyone i speak too said they couldnt wait to get out of there even just visiting, is it really that bad? are there lots of gangs of young thugs walking around looking for trouble and break ins all the time? are the police ok? please be honest as i really wanna move to a place like this thats cheap and isolated, im sick of society and the big city
@chillstar10 ай бұрын
@@petejames1326"lots of indigenous causing issues"? I'm pretty sure those issues mostly started after their country was invaded.
@petejames132610 ай бұрын
@@chillstar how long will they be blaming captain cook for for their current troubles? the next 100 yrs the next 1000yrs? by your non answer to my original question youve basically convinced me that yes it is alot of indigenous causing problems like break ins and gangs of youths looking for trouble but i guess its all captain cooks fault right?
@jadesded7 ай бұрын
@@petejames1326 Holyshit Australian racism is goofy asf talking about "gangs of youths" "looking for trouble" 😂😂 You live on a fucking island how can you be sick of "the big city & society" wtf are you on about just walk to the other side of the country 💀 like bro go shrimp a barbie or whatever.
@billyxkid50624 ай бұрын
I gotta agree I mean you get away from all the storms there’s so much more more benefits to live in underground it feels like
@runnyhunny7862 жыл бұрын
This is the Opal town where I once lived. The dugout homes may look like just desert caves on the outside but inside, many have been created into comfy and even luxurious sort of homes.. ( I met an American guy there once who originally came from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and he came to Coober Pedy in his mid twenties - he said- and hasn't left since. He told me he has been there over forty years now ( and that was back in 2016 when he told me that )...
@SaiyanSambo5 жыл бұрын
Would be a great setting for a horror movie.
@grasshair72664 жыл бұрын
I don't know like pitch black maybe, Although not really horror I suppose. A lot of movies have been made there including Mad Max 3 beyond the thunderdome and the classic salute of the jugger to name just a couple off the top of me head.
@Inf7cted4 жыл бұрын
Umm.. Hills have eyes.
@jeksixten57514 жыл бұрын
@@grasshair7266 Good Idea
@williecoulter10913 жыл бұрын
Pitch black was shot there!
@marcfisk77303 жыл бұрын
Holes have eyes.
@bexscarecrow5 жыл бұрын
I swear I had a dream about this place
@hallhouse91514 жыл бұрын
bexscarecrowm, that’s wierd! I had a dream about it too then I heard about it today.
@pauldjdundas4 жыл бұрын
You both shut up 😒
@bexscarecrow4 жыл бұрын
Deadpoppin aight
@Bwaringa3 жыл бұрын
Me too, it’s crazy that I got the know how now🙏
@ravenpawcraft3 жыл бұрын
Fools, that's why i'm here!
@newhorizon13554 жыл бұрын
It's all fun and games for the residents; meanwhile the Pizza Delivery Guy stands there scratching his 🤔😠
@ohhxcake54344 жыл бұрын
Scratching his what?
@juggerswood4 жыл бұрын
@@ohhxcake5434 balls
@JohnDoe-fr1id3 жыл бұрын
@@juggerswood Hahaha
@godhimself86743 жыл бұрын
they actually got a pizza shop there, we bought some when we went there last year
@newhorizon13553 жыл бұрын
@@juggerswood 🤣 finally someone figure it out. You are awesome Kyhree.
@thebatteries62863 жыл бұрын
I've been looking for a place like this my whole life! All it's missing is the ability to live self sufficient (gardens/water).
@kishascape Жыл бұрын
And not have neighbors making tunneling sounds next to you and accidentally digging through your wall.
@teresahiggs489611 ай бұрын
Me too! Me, too!
@buckaroobonzai290911 ай бұрын
@@kishascape These are probably the quietest houses ever, bro.
@Soul_Younes3 жыл бұрын
I'm getting Fallout vibes from this.
@inspirationalgoosebumps60069 ай бұрын
I am getting poop pressure from this.
@scootermom17913 жыл бұрын
People in Los Angeles should start living like this considering their electricity shortages from the heat.
@MartyInLa Жыл бұрын
Yeah, but the armies of homeless would start jumping down our holes.
@killman3695473 ай бұрын
@@MartyInLa If the Vietcong can figure out how to prevent American soldiers from jumping down their holes you can figure out how to stop the homeless jumping down yours.
@MartyInLa3 ай бұрын
@@killman369547 the prospect of a homeless guy jumping down my hole is truly nightmarish!
@vojtechjanda968412 күн бұрын
It actually baffles me how the colonists (or their descendants) in the hotter areas of the Americas never adapted their homes to the climate, building the same thin-walled timber houses in Arizona or Texas as they do in New England or what have you. You'd think using all that sandstone (to dig into or build with) or clay (to fire bricks), depending on the area, would be a natural response to the harsh temperatures. No thickness to the walls, no insulation to protect from the outside heat, and they wonder why they all need AC.
@MartyInLa12 күн бұрын
@@vojtechjanda9684 great point!
@justme-ij2qy3 жыл бұрын
I would absolutely love to have a home like that.
@justme-ij2qy3 жыл бұрын
@MichaelKingsfordGray Hahaha. Whatever. In my 40+ years one thing that I know for certain is that people that talk tough like you are always the first ones to start crying "you embarrassed me in front of my friends, (wife, family, etc.) and made me look like a pvssy." Fake tough guys like you are a dime a dozen.
@richardpoynton40263 жыл бұрын
I think I’d like to live here - less stress, plus living with Australians as neighbours would be great!
@richardpoynton40263 жыл бұрын
@MichaelKingsfordGray seeing as I’m British, am I allowed a whinge or two? 😉
@DreamBelief3 жыл бұрын
Try getting to know enough of us. We're not some kind of special breed. There are just as many jerks, awful neighbours etc as anywhere else.
@Jan_YTview3 жыл бұрын
A large contingent of foreigners inhabit Coober Pedy too . . your neighbours are not guaranteed to speak English .. 😁
@coppurt10 ай бұрын
@@DreamBelief I lived in Australia for two years. Let me just say Australians are legitimately nicer people, on average, than Europeans or Americans. Of course there’s dicks, like anywhere else. Just less so.
@michaelatkin96493 жыл бұрын
Genius this is. You dont have to buy any building materials and I'm sure the land is cheap!
@Coecoo3 жыл бұрын
Nowhere near as genius as you think. Every time you dig, it's a chance for collapse. Every day, you risk not waking up due to insufficient/problems with ventilation and the lack of daylight messes with your sleep rhythms.
@bigalls36613 жыл бұрын
@@Coecoo if you built good enough you can put sky lights and ventilation is the only issue but I would put 5 vent and emergency o2 monitoring system and oxygen replacement like that's on submarines
@bigalls36613 жыл бұрын
@@Coecoo and yea under ground stays 60 degrees and it's how geothermal works
@choctawnation-gc6zw5 жыл бұрын
Id live there
@pauldjdundas4 жыл бұрын
🤨
@pauldjdundas4 жыл бұрын
😒
@airpods43 жыл бұрын
how much does it cost to build a place like that
@slava66533 жыл бұрын
air pods A shovel
@TUCOtheratt3 жыл бұрын
I'm wondering how plumbing is routed.
@roblange14453 жыл бұрын
Pushing shit uphill🤷♂️
@sylviaelse50863 жыл бұрын
Just lead a pipe to one of those holes. Should last a while.
@elly83535 жыл бұрын
My friend did one of her nursing placements there. It's so hot that the P plates melted off her car, but she loved the underground church.
@juggerswood4 жыл бұрын
Devil worshipers.
@juggerswood4 жыл бұрын
@Gay Vegan what Gods would you worship underground?
@juggerswood4 жыл бұрын
@Gay Vegan the Devil
@juggerswood4 жыл бұрын
@Gay Vegan yes
@juggerswood4 жыл бұрын
@Gay Vegan this video.
@jojotoomojo80163 жыл бұрын
It will make a lot more sense in the future when the atmosphere starts to heat up more that this is integrated in more places where the heat is unbearable.
@MrOrcshaman3 жыл бұрын
I like the idea, living underground with a regulated temperature and being able to create more rooms. I guess though I'd become disorientated quickly, since I like both the darkness of the night and the brightness of the day. Still, least I wouldn't have to worry about curtains.
@raymondgarlick46243 жыл бұрын
Hello to Peter Carol! Thanks for the beautiful rough you sent to my brother Bill and myself.... many years ago now
@arthurthornton92983 жыл бұрын
Amazing!!!
@slap_A_flamingo Жыл бұрын
Amazing. This would not only be a great place to live but you'd constantly have something to do. Plus might stumble over so opal, win win.
@ALBERTEINSTEIN7774 жыл бұрын
IS THIS WHERE THEY FILMED MAD MAX THUNDERDOME ? WHERE THE TALL WEIRD LOOKING DUDE WITH THE PLANE LIVED WITH HIS SON ? LOOKS A HELLOVA LOT LIKE IT.
@chinchilla19563 жыл бұрын
Yes it is where it was filmed.
@ALBERTEINSTEIN7773 жыл бұрын
@@chinchilla1956 Thanks for the Confirmation
@nspacemonkey3 жыл бұрын
The spaceship is leftover prop from Vin diesel movie 'Pitch black'.
@markmorris7385 жыл бұрын
Warm in winter cool in summer
@metaladder10183 жыл бұрын
With the holes being so dangerous is/was there any plans the work on filling them in....?
@Hakudohshi3 жыл бұрын
I think we're looking at the future. When the surface is baking hot, we'll all live underground.
@superdutyzack4 жыл бұрын
Imagine how beautiful and natural your community would be if homes and most buildings were underground.
@aspieotaku35803 жыл бұрын
People in Tornado Alley take notes.
@superdutyzack3 жыл бұрын
@@aspieotaku3580 Blows me away people live there. Then again, it blows them away too.
@aspieotaku35803 жыл бұрын
@@superdutyzack living is cheap which is why but home insurance high due to tornadoes if i lived in tornado land id live underground and still have a house.
@sheashay173 жыл бұрын
@@aspieotaku3580 Insurance isn’t any more than anywhere else... the likelihood of your specific house being hit by a tornado is low, because tornado’s are relatively small in terms of natural disasters... earthquakes and hurricanes can impact entire states at a time.
@aspieotaku35803 жыл бұрын
@@sheashay17 still if i moved back to Texas ill have a storm celler with a bar and a generator
@alpineflauge9093 жыл бұрын
thank you
@jakeblanton68533 жыл бұрын
I wish we had that sort of base around here... If you did down around here, you get clay and the water table... Of course, building underground would not be that great of an idea for here since we are subject to hurricanes and rather significant weather events that might cause low lying flooding... :)
@SpikeyWombat3 жыл бұрын
1 to 45 degrees is extreme in Cooper Pedy where I live in the Hunter Valley we get -5 to 46 degrees.
@CB-gp4go3 жыл бұрын
Where I live the temperature extremes are -45 or -50 in winter to + 30 or +35 (centigrade)
@RubenKelevra3 жыл бұрын
We had 43°C last year in Germany, while having 60% humidity and got - 20°C in winter and we don't live in caves 🤔
@OwlJohlson8 ай бұрын
@@RubenKelevra2 years a bit late, but you obviously haven’t encountered the Australian Sun… The elliptical orbit of the Earth places the Southern Hemisphere closer to the sun during its summer months than the Northern Hemisphere during its summer. Australia is closer to the Sun, hence the huge amount of skin cancer in this country. I’ve been to Texas where it was like 41 Celsius and it felt like nothing but 30 Celsius in Australia is death.
@williamwebb5803 жыл бұрын
In a hole in the ground, there lived an Aussie...
@denisvalente68443 жыл бұрын
An Aubbit?
@lienbijs12053 жыл бұрын
I am impressed, I wish I had a cave house like that. So beautiful and cosy.
@lienbijs12053 жыл бұрын
@MichaelKingsfordGray I wish I could but my life is here.
@evelyniness10 ай бұрын
i lived here for alot of my life and when i found this vid i was surprised to see thomas my grandmas husband a stape in ths town
@billyxkid50624 ай бұрын
I feel like living on the ground is the best idea I mean you get away from all the storms
@GeorgesR34523 жыл бұрын
This is the definition of Australia being opposite to every1 else
@NoosaHeads3 жыл бұрын
I've stayed there in July (coolest time in Australia) and the outside temperature was about 45- 50 Fahrenheit.
@cryeredd75633 жыл бұрын
Which I in line w what he said. 1 degree celsius is 32 fahrenheit
@BNJT2 жыл бұрын
That truck at the start had serious Mad Max vibes
@chizobaani40373 жыл бұрын
This is living in holes or caves not underground. That was expertly creative
@GNeuman3 жыл бұрын
I got Subterranean Homesick Blues watching this...
@aspieotaku35803 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of Tatooine lol
@bigbiznisirl5 жыл бұрын
So this is where Forza came for inspiration
@gowthamgutta3 жыл бұрын
Feels like Flintstone
@tonypierson19393 жыл бұрын
It’s all fun and games with extensions until the whole thing collapses
@veygazgurl5 жыл бұрын
I see a horror movie brewing
@alexanderk.30565 жыл бұрын
It's fancy to live this way!
@sierrachoco52713 жыл бұрын
Kinda like the people in Utah who dug into mountain sides and built houses!
@MrBeetsGaming3 жыл бұрын
Wonder how hard it would be to move there
@garyb23923 жыл бұрын
Crazy !
@mikeprime50283 жыл бұрын
These guys sound so laid back
@mikeprime50283 жыл бұрын
@MichaelKingsfordGray why would you call me a coward ?i just said they are laid back
@tonyclifton2659 ай бұрын
how do underground houses get rid of sewage?
@robinhood56273 жыл бұрын
Looks like paradise to me. I'd need a blast proof vault door and periscope though to be truly happy away from people.
@thespamdance3113 жыл бұрын
Trust me, it’s an absolute shithole.
@patrickleigh15233 жыл бұрын
@@microchp In Florida, where the water table is high, I saw one built artificially on the surface by building a concrete house with concrete roof, windows and door on the north wall only and waterproofed and covered with soil.
@jebes9090903 жыл бұрын
1:16 boy those australian school kids sure look rough
@flybeep16613 жыл бұрын
This is Australia, they use celsius (not fahrenheit). So they guy says it gets cold to 1°C in winter and 45°C in summer saying it's from one extreme to the other. Ok, 45 in summer is very hot but 1 in winter isn't extreme at all, it's very mild, not even freezing. 1°C is 34 f, nobody would call that extreme.
@patriot17243 жыл бұрын
If you get 1 degrees Celsius in Australia for an average Australian you would have to wear at least 4 jumpers
@seybertooth92822 жыл бұрын
Yeah they do indeed, like 96% of humanity.
@va3cpm3 жыл бұрын
The people planing future Mars missions could learn a thing or two from these folks.
@badenjohnson26853 жыл бұрын
I’ve stayed in one of the underground hotels once
@Jordan-ko7me4 жыл бұрын
I would live there.
@killman3695473 ай бұрын
Living here would basically be like playing minecraft IRL. I could see myself being a very busy mole person if i lived there.
@the_mighty_bearcat3 жыл бұрын
0:18 crashed starship? Explains a few things.
@elteescat3 жыл бұрын
It's a prop from one of the movies that were filmed there. Pitch Black, starring Vin Diesel.
@xmaro27 Жыл бұрын
i can't imagine an earthquake
@tristinbulko67868 ай бұрын
The end reminds me of the movie "Holes"
@chongy989514 күн бұрын
Good old stanley yelnats. Takes me back to school when we read this book.
@adamender90922 жыл бұрын
He did not say 1° is extreme 😂
@irenearrenquin42412 жыл бұрын
The Flintstones would have love this modern Bedrock 😁
@r-labs93573 жыл бұрын
Mad Architects can design a whole metropolis underground
@maozedong694206 ай бұрын
Rock and Stone!
@kiwifruit4673 жыл бұрын
I live in auagthella which is also in outback
@michaelscot48162 жыл бұрын
Hopefully the spinning vents are producing energy! 🙂
@braxx_04804 жыл бұрын
Looks like my minecraft starter home
@user-sv3tc5lp8w4 жыл бұрын
😫😫🔥🔥🔥
@JustSomeDude7203 жыл бұрын
Same
@cjwilliams83503 жыл бұрын
Where is this town?
@DSRQ13 жыл бұрын
With a name like Coober Pedy it's no wonder the residents live underground. Who would want to be seen there?
@hughjassstudios96883 жыл бұрын
Underground has the best insulation. Makes sense
@shawnstatzer953 ай бұрын
To me, it is responsible thing to fill in the holes once the opal hunts are completed.
@shariqsonindahouse96633 жыл бұрын
They should of filmed the Flintstones in these caves aha would of been perfect
@iudiuscapularius87223 жыл бұрын
How do they manage earthquake?
@Azriot4 жыл бұрын
can someone give me a quote, i need it for my project
@kresler3 жыл бұрын
I can help on that . “Take a walk to find a work”
@amithderaniyagala18183 жыл бұрын
I want to live there
@jennathorp31274 жыл бұрын
i could never 🥴
@urbanwarchief2 жыл бұрын
If someone invades your home you have many holes to pick from
@Luigi0514 жыл бұрын
It looks like there’s a tiny human skull 💀 about the side of a gulf ball on 3:25
@kaws30766 ай бұрын
Here from Airack
@judgedredd8876 Жыл бұрын
At 3:30 they measure distance in FEET ?
@agnieszkawijata2364 Жыл бұрын
Nie chcialabym i nie moglabym mieszkac w Australii ze wzgledu na niemilosierne upaly, ale chcialabym spedzic jeden dzien w tym miasteczku, zobaczyc jak wyglada zycie i praca ludzi tam mieszkajacych....
@anatolicousin11083 жыл бұрын
“I’m just simon the digger”
@FunkySpunky914 жыл бұрын
its like the book "Holes" only real!! lol
@trevormcdermott4 жыл бұрын
Not really
@MoiLiberty3 жыл бұрын
This would not work in earthquake ridden California desert, right?
@MzMinnesnowtapop14 жыл бұрын
Sooo...do you buy a chunk of area and build whatever? Do you pay rent? Whats your.address?
@gusdrivinginaustralia61683 жыл бұрын
If it's your land you know where your boundaries are, try to stay within.
@gusdrivinginaustralia61683 жыл бұрын
Your address is the same as it is if you are on the surface.
@MidnightSmileZ6 ай бұрын
*click* "yeah thats about 60ft" just casually
@KimiW2 жыл бұрын
Sowumm, save a life by investing in metal grates to serve as doors or hatches.
@sarcasmo573 жыл бұрын
Perhaps I can retire there.
@novisadmojgrad Жыл бұрын
Cheers to Serbs in Coober Pidy! 🇷🇸👍
@jayantakhatoniar23226 ай бұрын
I have a thought on mind, how they cultivate, what is the source of food.
@hauntedcaptainphoenix53632 жыл бұрын
I want a Underground house so bad.
@A-Ls14 жыл бұрын
I like this I would enjoy living underground but since more people live underground there, I would live above them to be away from them.
@undeadcenturion4023 жыл бұрын
They're set in the event of nuclear war.
@joshgould93295 жыл бұрын
sounds awesome until you consider a cave in lol
@clynntpotts97813 жыл бұрын
After seeing this, I can see why they think there is life on Mars. Probably also underground, hey?
@airpods43 жыл бұрын
its like final fantasy
@IDGAF568523 жыл бұрын
I think thats pretty fckd up that they dont cover the holes over or fence them off. Thats what i call irresponsible opal mining.
@tylerkozak87753 жыл бұрын
Calls a 45 degree C shift extreme, but I disagree. it was 18C at noon today and now we're getting 20 cm of snow overnight. In my home of Saskatchewan Canada it goes from -50 to +40 every year, I would love to live underground.