LIGHTNING RIDGE 

LIGHTNING RIDGE TOURS
daily at
9am - 12pm and 
2pm - 5pm

On the TOUR we'll show you:

• The Ridge's largest Open Cut Mine and scenic Three Mile Opal Fields

• Fred Bodel's historic mining camp - a heritage treasure

• Life on the opal fields...wind your way past miner's camps and claims

• Amigo's amazing hand-made Castle

• The Astronomers Monument ...a bizarre concrete folly in the fields!

• Pass the Mineral Spa pools and tour through Canefells Opal Fields

• Visit the famous Walk in Mine

• Guided underground mine tour, including video in an underground cinema!

• Learn all about opal from someone who knows - a Lightning Ridge local

• Opal cutting and polishing - see how rough opal becomes polished gemstones

• Go fossicking and find your own piece of opal!

• We'll show you the Opal Cave, John Murray's Art Gallery and other great places to visit after your Outback Opal Tour

• Be there to see how the famous opal gemstone comes out of the ground - your chance to watch a mining hoist in operation on the fields
• Take a walk through a miner's camp ... get up close and personal with the famous opal fields lifestyle.

     For Tour Costs see your booking
 agent or call us direct on (02) 6829 4110

Astronomers Monument

Fossicking for Opal

Go through an original mine

Visit the first Opal mine shaft