The most easily accessible mine in Lightning Ridge, hand-dug in the 1960s, lets visitors get a feel for the type of cramped environment encountered by the average opal miner. Tours are self-guided, including a film on the process and culture of opal mining, and there's a gem showroom and unwashed fossicking heaps to search for rough opals.
Opal Mine Adventure
New South Wales
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3.34 MILES
This place is remarkable, and symbolises the crazy and creative sides of the Ridge. Artist and miner Ron Canlin has turned a 40ft-deep mining claim into a…
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3.34 MILES
This place is remarkable, and symbolises the crazy and creative sides of the Ridge. Artist and miner Ron Canlin has turned a 40ft-deep mining claim into a…