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AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 20 Jul 2008 | Views [628] | Comments [3]
Having come through sub-tropical rainforests , learned to drive on the other side of the road , squished squeaky sand between our toes at beach towns, slept in the chilly high-altitude tablelands , fossicked
for treasure in opal mining ... Read more >
Tags: black queen, lightning ridge, australia, world nomads, ambassador van
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 10 Jul 2008 | Views [1157]
“When I close my eyes, I see opals,” said Kelly, shaking his head. It seems he has a touch of opal fever. Lightning Ridge and the surrounding areas are famous for its abundance of opals, and in particular the black opal, which can basically ... Read more >
Tags: lightning ridge, world nomads, ambassador van, australia, opal mining, grawin
AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 9 Jul 2008 | Views [526]
"Outback theatre with a twist," says the flyer for Black Queen , with a picture of an oil lamp and a woman with a mysterious look. I didn’t really anticipate that this mining town would exactly have a bustling theatre community, but there ... Read more >
Tags: lightning ridge, australia, outback, theatre, world nomads, ambassador van, black queen
AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 9 Jul 2008 | Views [651]
When we rolled into Lightning Ridge , after a series of unfortunate and displeasing coincidences, we were ready to roll right back out the following day. I was crushed. Ever since reading about it in the Lonely Planet, I wanted to go, and was ... Read more >
Tags: australia, lightning ridge, world nomads, ambassador van, lonely planet great guidebook moment
AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 9 Jul 2008 | Views [543]
Upon first blush in Lightning Ridge, you may find an opal-mining town with very little to keep you here for more than a day or so. It reeks of an environment trying a touch too hard to be attractive to tourists. The one and only road to leading into ... Read more >
Tags: lightning ridge, australia, outback, opal mining, world nomads, ambassador van
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