Lightning Ridge and More Opals Part 1
June 18th 2014 No sleeping in this morning as we had to be at the Tourist Information Centre by 8.50 am to be picked up by the Outback Opal Tour bus. There was only one other couple doing the tour so we could sit anywhere on the minibus. Our guide Peter, wearing a T-shirt saying “Grumpy Old Man” on it, told us the basics about opal formation and had a few samples of the various rocks, clay and potch to pass
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