Day 8

This morning we went on an interesting tour to an underground mine shaft. Lightning ridge is known for the Black opal, the only place in Australia where they are found and very rare around the world. It is recognised as the most rare and valuable opal around the world.
An artist is doing carvings along all the walkways 11 meters underground.


There are some quite spectacular carvings and very diverse- from the Last Supper, to the Simpsons, to politicians, super heroes, animals, you name it he's carved it. The walls are very soft sandstone so they are easy to carve.



After lunch we went back out the the area and Peter tried to find his fortune. Hasn't quite found it yet, but did findsome tiny pieces of opal.







With all the rain they have had out here the last few days there was some water over the road. A rare sight around these normally dry parched lands.



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Location:Lightning Ridge