The UndergroundMotel

On Catacomb Road at the quiet edge of Coober Pedy, the rooms here are dug into the rock in the manner of the town's opal-mining dugouts, keeping their cool through the fierce desert days. The choice runs from an en-suite standard room to self-contained double and family suites, the larger ones set up for travellers pausing on the long run across the outback. Independently owned, with free wi-fi and undercover parking that takes trailers and campervans.