Blog 4 We reach lightening ridge ,the town has expanded somewhat , when last there ten years ago there was one motel now there are four and 3 caravan sites numerous shops a supermarket and a visitors centre , some of the miners still live in containers, there is one house made of bottles stuck together with mud , I was pleased to see the castle built by the English prospector is still there and there is talk of opening it as a tourist attraction , but there is a lot of house building going on , the size of the population is still unknown . This time we decide to stay on a sheep station for three days , it is called Lorne station and owned and run by Peter and Tina Waterford , the
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