Journal
We drove back to Dubbo and then took a 7 hour train journey back. Along the way, there is a place where countless white fluffs like snow have fallen along the side of the r...
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It was Charlie Nettleton who first discovered black opals in this area in the early 1900s and established the area as a black opal mining region. Nettleton was ...
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(3) The Town of Lightning Ridge / Night in the Town
In between shopping, I explored the town a bit. Black Opal Town, Lightning Ridge. The main street of the town is of course "OPAL ST." Lightning Ridge is a very small town, but ...
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The Opal Festival is a traveling opal show that is held in various outback towns across Australia's vast desert region from April to August. We visited Lightning Ridge, the source ...
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I would like to tell you about the trip I took to Australia last year for purchasing goods. First time in Australia in 4 years. From Sydney, we take a plane and a car to begin our 720...
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