{"id":22713,"date":"2020-06-07T19:14:39","date_gmt":"2020-06-07T09:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=22713"},"modified":"2021-06-20T13:21:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-20T03:21:40","slug":"lightning-ridge-australia-%f0%9f%87%a6%f0%9f%87%ba-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=22713","title":{"rendered":"Lightning Ridge, New South Wales \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date: 6th June 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled: 75 kms Walgett to Lightning Ridge in the North-West Region of New South Wales  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited: Lightning Ridge<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: Lightning Ridge Holiday Park $33 with all services. S29.428388, E147.980913<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget: NA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It\u2019s only a relatively short 75 kms from Walgett to Lightning Ridge, for us there is a 15 kms backtrack along the Gwydir Highway (we drove yesterday) before turning north on the Castlereagh Highway. Surprisingly there is more traffic along the Castlereagh than we\u2019ve seen since Tamworth. Why is such a small isolated place so popular ? Lightning Ridge is the only place in the world where black opals are found. In Australian folk lore it has something of a mythical reputation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As we continue north the country is dryer and the soil redder.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Something Different<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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An 18m tall emu or an artists impression of one, you can pick ?<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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