RV TRAVEL
DON’ T GET BITTEN
Given our time constraints, that’ s all we could squeeze into our drive-through visit to Lightening Ridge. At face value, it ' s a desolate, dusty, remote township with little else on offer, but there are plenty of other natural sights, galleries and tours to take in. Yes, it ' s mostly centred around the opal and its by-products of tourism and the unique landscape of an extremely remote, hot and intriguing town.
Still, it ' s here that you get to enjoy insights into a rare industry, hard work that has paid off for some, along with plenty of dirt, dust and quirky, imaginative people of Australia.
Just be careful that you don’ t get bitten by the bug; the fossicking bug … the opal fossicking bug, as you may never escape Lightning Ridge and the intriguing phenomena of becoming a local and trying to strike it rich. Good luck!
The Chambers of the Black Hand is an amazing experience of one man’ s hard work over decades of sculpting.
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