Radeka Downunder
Backpacker Hostel
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1 Oliver St, Coober Pedy, South Australia.
Description
'Radeka Downunder Dugout Motel & Backpacker Inn' in Coober Pedy, Outback South Australia, is an independent, family style operated, Underground Accommodation Premises, located in the centre of town - 200 metres from shops & restaurants.
Originally an Opal Mine from the 1960s, it was converted in the mid-1980s to 10 Motel Rooms, 12 Budget Rooms and 12 Dormitories. Underground Accommodation is tunnelled out of the Sandstone surrounds.
8 of the Motel Rooms are 3.5m under a sandstone ridge & you enter at ground level. 2 Motels are above ground with windows. The Budget Rooms & Dorms are 6.5m Underground underneath the Motels, down 34 steps.
60% of us who live in Coober Pedy live Underground to avoid the heat of Summer. If it is 45°c outside, Underground it is 26°c - 28°c - Winter Nights can be Close To Zero°, Underground it is 20°c - 22°c.
'WARM IN WINTER, COOL IN SUMMER'
Come & have a night or two with us, see first hand how & why we live Underground
Budget Room Beds are made up & Towels Supplied.
For Dorm Beds a Bottom Sheet, Pillow & Pillow Case Supplied Only. Use own blanket or sleeping bag.
Facilities include; share showers, toilets, fully equipped communal kitchen, internet and WiFi, residential Licensed Bar, fully Stocked Opal & Gift Shop, 8 Ball Table, TV Room, Secure Off Street Parking, Secure Luggage Storage Room, Safe deposit box, Courtesy Vehicle for local Airport and Coach Terminal Transfers,Tour desk.
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Location
Lat: -29.011899 Lng: 134.755289
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