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Mud and Lightning

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November 30th 2017
Lightning Ridge - Moree It took about seven and a half hours to drive from Grafton to Lightning Ridge. We travelled along the Gwydir to Collarenebri then headed along dirt road to Lightning Ridge. Arriving in town we chose the Opal Caravan park - it is just out of town and looked the nicest (more open spaces), even though all of the sites are on gravel. After setting up I did some resear ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more