The Lightning Ridge Opal and Gem Festival is a four day event that includes the Opal Queen Ball, Opal and Gem Expo, IOJDAA Trade Show, and IOJDAA Jewellery Competition which is held biannually. The ...

Like many castles around the world, there’s a dark tale behind this outback folly in the opal mining town of Lightning Ridge. It was built by hand by ... Each monarch added their own particular ...

The Lightning Ridge Police Bush Safari attracted 70 people to raise funds for their community. They had a refreshing stop in Gayndah. Soaking up the Gayndah sun, Lawrie Cree said the Lightning ...

Opalised ornithpod teeth fossils found near Lightning Ridge.(Supplied: Bob Smith) "Two natural phenomena that are stupidly unlikely — the formation of a fossil and the formation of opal ...

He has since been discharged. The alleged offending occurred in the NSW opal capital, Lightning Ridge. Picture: Google Maps Central North District Police District detectives subsequently launched ...

He headed west to try his luck at opal prospecting in the historic mining town of Lightning Ridge, about eight hours ... and The Advertures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert - to liver cancer ...

Australian Opal Centre: A Glittering Palace for the Queen of Gems, J. Brammall, Australian Gemmologist, Vol. 25, No. 9, pp. 304-3156, (2015). A new tourism attraction and educational center in ...

Lightning Ridge, named after the opal mining town in which it is set ... “Don’t go with the queen of the snow,” goes the song at the start of this adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson ...

The Memphis Flyer is Memphis’ alternative newsweekly, serving the metro Memphis area of nearly a million residents. The Flyer was started in 1989 by Contemporary Media, Inc., the locally owned ...