15 September 2026

This is Australia's most surreal outback town - no grass but plenty of opals

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Despite lacking a quintessential ingredient for most golf courses, Coober Pedy's is the only one in the world with reciprocal rights for members to play at the "home of golf", St Andrews in Scotland.

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