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Discover Lightning Ridge in Australia

Lightning Ridge in the region of New South Wales with its 2,685 habitants is a place located in Australia - some 410 mi or ( 660 km ) North of Canberra , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Lightning Ridge

Local time in Lightning Ridge is now 02:25 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Australia/Sydney " with a UTC offset of 11 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: and . When in this area, you might want to check out . We discovered some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Lightning Ridge ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Searching for Opals in Lightning Ridge Lyse_e's photos around Lightning Ridge, Australia

2:38 min by TripAdvisorTRIPWOW4
Views: 428 Rating: 0.00

Preview of Lyse_e's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Learn more about these video ..

John Murray's outback artworks works soon to hit the metropolis

2:12 min by JohnMurrayArt
Views: 236 Rating: 5.00

John Murray talking from his Lightning Ridge studio about the outback paintings he will exhibit in Sydney this month. ..


Goondiwindi to Lightning Ridge Pfmartyn's photos around Lightning Ridge, Australia (slideshow)

0:53 min by TripAdvisorTRIPWOW4
Views: 18 Rating: 0.00

Preview of Pfmartyn's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Learn more about these vid ..

Lightning Ridge Floodwaters

1:49 min by grothstuff
Views: 13 Rating: 0.00

Leaving town (The Ridge) as the Queensland floodwaters head south. Water across the highway as make a timely escape ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Lightning Ridge, New South Wales

Lightning Ridge is a town in north-western New South Wales, Australia, in Walgett Shire, near the southern border of Queensland. The Lightning Ridge area is a world epicentre of the mining of black opals and other opal gemstones. Lightning Ridge has the largest known deposits of black opals in the world. The name Lightning Ridge is said to have originated when in the 1870s some passers by found the bodies of a farmer, his dog and 600 sheep which had been struck by lightning.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -29.43 147.97 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Cretaceous paleontological sites of Australia, Mining towns in New South Wales, Towns in New South Wales

Historical Weather

temperature and rainfall during the year in Lightning Ridge