lightning ridge

Hi!
I would definately suggest taking the whole family into John Murray's art gallery all the family will like it I use some of his prints as a basis for art classes at schhol. Go to the bore baths the whole family will enjoy it ask around and someone will tell you where to noodle our family has been to the ridge twice. Think about camping at Lorne station not the flashest but the ammenities are clean you can have a fire and the owner will take you for a free tour over the opal diggings and she has somewhere you csn noodle.
hope this helps
barb

The best action is at Glengarry about 60 km west of lightning ridge ...There is not much opal mining around the Ridge nowdays but call at the Visitors centre and get a mud map of Glengarry and sheepyards...thats the real wild west centre of the opal action. heaps of spots to camp in the bush and go noodling on the mullick heaps signs every day tell you which one is open or closed. Just ask the Aboriginals on the mullick heap what to look for they are very friendly and will show you what to do. If you are interested I have a full GPS track log for the area which I can send you showing where the camp sites are and the mullick heaps.

Hi Graham, if there is a chance I would like a copy GPS tracks please, I live on the coast near Grafton NSW and have wanted to go out to that area for a long time, hopefully we will make it there before long. Thanks Pete.
peterjs13 at yahoo dot com

Poor kids being dragged along to a god forsaken hole like that. I spent a month there one weekend. Take them somewhere interesting!!!!