Great Outback Tour - Day 7 - the continuation....

The Great Outback Tour - Day 7 - 19th December 2010 - Roger and I made to Lightning Ridge where we found a comfortable Hotel with air-conditioning. It took quiet a while for us to leave the comfort of our room (morning temp was sitting at 40 degrees - does it ever get cool?) but we managed it and decided after breakfast to to take ourselves up to the closest Opal mines.

We took ourselves on a dirt road and followed the "Yellow Car Doors", which is a tour along the Opal Mines but we cheated and just drove ourselves around being careful not to fall down any unmarked mines. On our travels we came across and old church for which a local told us it was built for a movie set. Then again Roger and I thought all of Lightning Ridge was like a movie set for the weird.

The Great Outback Tour -Day 6 - the continuation...

18th December 2008 - Stock Droving 25km out South of Walgett NSW - Roger and I decided we have had enough of the long hot days on the Drove to no where and decided what we needed was a good dose out of the heat in air-conditioning plus a refreshing shower. So after a nice cup of coffee we bid are farewells to Wayne and Rusty and hit the road to comfort.

See down page a bit for Days 1-5 of our Great Outback Tour 08-09