The hammer has fallen on more than 33 properties that the District Council of Coober Pedy auctioned off in a bid to recoup unpaid rates.Property rates were unpaid for up to 10 years on some of the propertiesCoober Pedy is synonymous with opal mining and its underground residences called dugouts, which remain cool in the desert heat and are often popular with miners.The cheapest vacant plot sold for around $1,800 while the most expensive above-ground house cost $43,000.
Mr Williams said about 40 more people joined the auction online and there was "fierce bidding" among out-of-town bidders.
I wonder if a lot of people owe them money but refuse to pay and the police local state and federal members and lawyers just ignore them refuse to help state it's not their problem l, while openly accepting money from criminal activities from those people, journos blind eyes
36k is a rip off. It's a fricken desert town!
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