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Just about everything you'll need in Coober Pedy lies around the five-hundred-metre strip between the
Opal Inn Hotel
and the water treatment plant on
Hutchison Street
(also known as Main Street) which leads north off the highway.
Buses
drop you off either at the Ampol service station (Greyhound Pioneer and Stateliner; tel 08/8672 5151) or at
Radeka's Motel
(McCafferty's; tel 08/8672 5223). From the
airport
you may be able to get a lift with one of the hostel buses that meet most flights, or make an advance reservation to ensure that someone meets you.
Desert Cave Hotel
are agents for Territory Rent a Car; book well in advance.
The council offices on Hutchison Street (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm; free call 1800 637 076), opposite the Ampol service station, are a mine of local
information
. Underground Books (tel 08/8672 5558), on Post Office Hill Road opposite the Mobil service station, is a good alternative source - it stocks packs of local sketch maps which are a useful back-up to road maps. The Miners Store supermarket on Hutchison Street (tel 08/8672 5051) is also the
post office
and Commonwealth
bank
agent (there's a Westpac branch opposite). The
hospital
is on Hospital Road, at the north end of town (tel 08/8672 5009), and there's a
pharmacy
at the Medical Centre in the middle of Hutchison Street. Everyone shops on Thursday, as fresh meat and veggies arrive in a refrigerated lorry on Wednesday night and are scarce by the weekend. The
swimming pool
at the school on Paxton Road gives a welcome chance to cool down; it's open to the public for a few hours daily. Other useful information
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