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The rooms include:

• Reverse cycle air-conditioning
• Tea/coffee/sugar/milk/biscuits
• Fridge, microwave, kettle, toaster, cutlery, crockery 
• Colour TV, DVD/VCR
• Ensuite

We offer:

• Free transport from the Airport
• Free WiFi Broadband to every room and Fax available 
• Tourist information and tour bookings
• Information about opal, mining, bird watching, flora and geology
• Onsite shop for souvenirs, opal, crystals, minerals, aboriginal art, Australiana books new and secondhand including collectable Opal books and Ion Idriess.

We accept:

• Eftpos and Credit Cards

Our Rates:                                    Single        Double        Twin

                                       $69        $79        $79

Local Insight:  Three Mile Open-cut

From the viewing site one can see the various geological layers that formed during the Cretaceous period. Opencutting in the 1980's exposed levels where the earlier underground miners dug 70ft below the gravelly surface, hoping the next strike of the pick would reveal a burst of rainbow colours in the candle light ... a patch of precious black opal.

Local Insight: Beautiful Bimble Box leaves  

Amongst 'The Ridge's diverse and  interesting vegetation is the Bimble Box, known also as Poplar Box. The leaves are shiny and rounded to reflect the sun and so retain the moisture. They are sometimes found bearing the scars of the stone axes used to remove oval shaped pieces of bark for aboriginal coolamons. Honey from the small white flowers is a pale amber colour and of good quality.

Local Insight: Our rusty old heritage treasure

                                                              Lightning Ridge: Tourist brochures

You are welcome to visit the Geology, Bird and Plant Site brochures by clicking on the sites below.

Geology

Birds        (each approx 1Mb .pdf file)

Plants

 Photos: Bluey Motel and Lightning Ridge

 

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