On 30 June 2014 14:24, IVP wrote: > > All this about underground architecture at Coober Pedy was new > > to me (like most stuff). So a visit to wikipedia was in order: > > An interesting place. I saw it, again, in a documentary last week, > for the life of me I can't remember details of what about, with the > host visiting the underground chapel, I can see I'll have to put up some more representative photos. The "first look" here never got finished http://bit.ly/Outback_Dreaming-Coober_Peddy Mostly shots as we drove North ... . Gives a good idea of how much activity there is but no major mining closeups. Some machinery from a distance with telephoto. Burned out and variably munted cars are sprinkled along the way serve as a reminder that long straight desert roads can be fatal. _________ There are AFAIR 4 underground chapels. Each impressive in different ways. Serbian Orthodox was dug with a bulldozer. Biggish, squarish, awesome. Roman Catholic is very original-cave like. Dark on entry. Flash photos into darkness (no parishoners present) makes for interesting revelations of what's ahead. .... ... in which he played a round of golf. As > it's all featureless desert they use brightly-coloured balls and lay > out astroturf greens > Photos to follow :-) Russell --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .