Day 6 -Lightning Ridge

Decided to do the Yellow Car Door drive today, didn't get lost today (not many street signs around) drove through 'The Suburbs' which is the active mines, they certainly live rough some of these people. Glad we are here in Autumn, I think the 50+ degrees in summer would be hard to take.

Drove out to Lunatic Hill which has a lookout into an open cut mine, named by the locals that they were lunatics to dig there, they had to dig 3 times deeper than on the flat. Paid off though, found Halley's Comet in 1986, biggest Black Opal found worth $6 million.

Went into the 'Big Opal Mine' which is a machine dug mine, sign said Spiral Staircase - didn't mention the 112 stairs haha. God we are unfit, took us both a few minutes to be able to speak once we got back up top. May have been easier going up the air shaft.

Not sure what the Dinosaur out the front has do with anything out here - no mention of finding them.

Back to the Hardware store (which has everything) and fuelled up at $2.17 pl....ouch !

Wayne had a Poppy Nap while I went for another swim at the Artesian Bore - just beautiful. Did our last Car Door drive late today for the sunset. Lovely setting at the Lookout, there is an old cottage made from Beer Cans, someone certainly had a drinking problem and not just with beer.

Had my first steak in many years for dinner - had it rare of course, was ok.Read more