M & M at the start of the Red Door Tour |
Lots of hard living At Lighting Ridge |
Old electronic Typewriter |
Nettleton's First Shaft Lunatic Hill |
Signs near Nettleton's First Shaft on the green car door tour |
Opal mining equipment to get the dirt to the surface on the yellow car door tour |
Another Lunatic on Lunatic Hill (yellow car door tour) |
Lots of old vehicles - some still working and others abandon! |
Someones dream! |
Old movie set from the "Goddess of 1967" |
Local artist "John Murray" old van! |
The orginal Post Office used as a miner home |
Our site at the Opal Caravan Park |
Warning signs near the welcome to Lighting Ridge |
Old timer selling Opals on Lunatic Hill |
Underground in the Big Opal 113 steps down |
Air shaft in the Big Opal |
Amigo's Castle Lighting Ridge |
Sign at Amigo's Castle |
More sign at Amigo's Castle |
Lighting Ridge Astronomers Monument |
Lighting Ridge Bottle House |
Demo cutting Opal's at the Opal Bin Shop |
Security detail at rest Missy at top centre of photo! |
Colleen at Grawin "Club in the Scub" |
Sign at the Grawin "Club in the Scub" |
Denis at the Glengarry Hilton |
Golf course at Glengarry Opal Fields |
Colleen at the Sheepyard War Memorial |
Sheepyard Pub In the Scub |
Denis added to the veteran wall at Sheepyard Pub |
Colleen and a drop bear at the Sheepyard Pub |
Bra tree at the Sheepyard Pub |
Chambers of the Black Hand |
Carvings underground |
Carvings underground |
Carvings underground |
Denis and Ron Canlin. Ron did all the curving |
The way in and out of the mine for Denis |
Way in and out of the mine for Colleen (Lift) |
Warning sign at the mine entrance |
Blood big Emu's out this way! AKA "Stanley" |
The 18m high Emu body parts are made from scrap metal including an old Volkswagen! |
The 18m high Emu head parts are made from scrap metal including an old salellite dishes |
17/18 Sept 2014
- Swan Brook Rest Area (Camps 7 NSW Site # 254) Nice spot with no truck parking, located beside Swan Brook. Just off the Gwydir Highway at the half way point between Inverell and Glenn Inness. Overnight temperture dropped to 2 deg and was the first time we had used the gas heater, away from power. Worked great! |
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18/19 Sept 2014
- Heifer Creek (Camps 7 Qld Site # 546) A pleasant spot for a overnight stop or a weekend rest, with drop toilets. The creek has some spots to swim or sit in the running water. Located between Gatton and Warwick. Another gas heater night! |
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