Lightning Ridge Tours and Attractions

Lightning Ridge Outback Opal Tours

Outback Opal Tours depart daily at 9am and 2pm

Tours are 3 hours long and include:

• A visit to the Lightning Ridge's largest open cut mine
• Guided tour of an underground mine and underground cinema including a DVD
• Three Mile and Canfells opal fields
• Fred Bodel's historic mining camp
• A talk about opal mining from a local miner
• How the opal becomes a gemstone after the cutting and pollishing has finished
• Fossicking for yourself - maybe you will find your own piece of opal
• and many more Lightning Ridge places of interest.