Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. ELIZABETH JACKSON: The outback town of Lightning Ridge on the border of New South Wales and Queensland ...

The New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (DPI) will conduct a ballot for nine opal prospecting blocks in the northern Lightning Ridge district. The blocks surrounding the town are within ...

“It’s an ugly town with beautiful things in it,” says the woman in the opal shop in Lightning Ridge. It’s true, Australia’s opal mining towns cling to bedrock stubbled with scrub and encircled by ...

Hidden treasures could be found in a 1900s toilet pit in Lightning Ridge, and throw into question the significance of a prominent statue in the town.