"Searching for Opals in Lightning Ridge" Lyse_e's photos around Lightning Ridge, Australia

A TripAdvisorâ„¢ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Lightning Ridge, Australia by TravelPod blogger Lyse_e titled "Searching for Opals in Lightning Ridge" Lyse_e's travel blog entry: "We were woken by Ted's Bugle this morning at about 7.30 and had time for a shower (one hot bucket of water from the pub and one cold!) before visiting the small shop at the Glengarry whose proceeds go to local fire, rescue and health services. Here we were given some more information about opals so we'd know what we would be looking for later today. We then headed out to the opal fields to visit a friend of Ted's. He wasn't home (he was out drilling for opals) but we met his German wife and had the chance to look through their discarded rocks to see if we could find opals. Most of us found something - some better than others, with Sergio and Graziana doing particularly well! We then went to see Tim drilling for new Opal fields. As a talented engineer he has invented drills that will drill through ground quicker meaning he can find opal fields where others feel it isn't worthwhile as it takes to long to drill a whole. We watched some of the drilling and some of the men sort through the debris bought up by the drill to see if they had found opals. Next we went to visit Smurf down his mine before going into town to have a wash in the hot aratasian bore baths and having lunch. We then had the opportunity to take our opals into one of the opal shops to see if they were worth anything. One of ...