The Musee du Quai Branly, a museum displaying indigenous art from Africa, Asia and Australasia. The building was designed by Jean Nouvel.

Australian miner Andrew Girvan smokes a cigarette at the entrance to an opal mine. He does not have the necessary machinery to mine underground so intead specialises in noodling, searching for remaini...

A patch of synthestic grass is laid on a dry golf course in an area which experiences low rainfall and high temperatures in the summer.

Tourists listen to a guide talking about the opal mining industry at a disused mine shaft. There are over 250,000 mine shafts in the area, which is the opal capital of Australia.

Underground Serbian Orthodox church. Half of the population of the area lives in dugouts to shelter from the extreme climate.

Crocodile Harry in his dugout, which is a common form of housing in the area as it provides shelter from the extreme climate. Harry is a Latvian baron who emigrated to Australia in the 1940s and spent...

Tourists join postman Derik Rowi in his truck on a 12 hour trip across the desert as he delivers post to remote farmers in the outback.

Australian miner Andrew Girvan displays his collection of opal mined in the surrounding area. Coober Pedy is considered the opal capital of Australia.

Postman Derik Rowi climbs into the cab of his truck in which he makes 12 hour trips across the Australian desert delivering post to remote farmers in the outback.

A painted tyre stands on the roadside at the exit from a farm in the outback.

The Moon Plain, a desert landscape which was used for a car chase in the making of the film Mad Max III.

A sign reading 'Keep off the grass' stands at the edge of a parched putting green on a dry golf course.

A wrecked and abandoned car painted with the sign 'Opal Buyer' in the desert near Coober Pedy. The area is the capital for opal mining in Australia.

German miner Jurgen Feldheim drills for opal 30 metres underground. There are over 250,000 mine shafts in the area, which is the opal capital of Australia.

Windsurfer on Lake Wanaka.