Short URL:
  • Home
  • About Me
  • Galleries
  • Wildflowers
  • Travel
  • Birds
Australia > Lesley Bray  > Travel > New South Wales > Lightning Ridge & Grawin
Angeldool - Lightning Ridge - Grawin - Sheepyards

This is the first leg of the New South Wales section of our tour
gallery pages:  1  
Lesley Bray > At Lightning Ridge residents construct houses out of anything available - this house is made from bottle and stones.

28 April 2010
At Lightning Ridge residents construct houses out of anything availabl ...
Lesley Bray > There are literally hundreds, maybe thousands of vehicles left to rust at Lightning Ridge.
27 April 2010
There are literally hundreds, maybe thousands of vehicles left to rust ...
Lesley Bray > The road ahead - this is a place called Sheepyard in the Opal Fields west of Lightning Ridge.  It is like a rabbit warren with tracks meandering in all directions through the thousands of opal leases.  Lots of people living in shanties, sheds and old cars, some have done well and built nice homes.  Others have done well yet still prefer to camp in the car.  Everyone we met was friendly and welcoming.
29 April 2020
The road ahead - this is a place called Sheepyard in the Opal Fields w ...
Lesley Bray > Pretty Bottlebrush shrub (Callistemon) at Lightning Ridge, New South Wales
Pretty Bottlebrush shrub (Callistemon) at Lightning Ridge, New South W ...
Lesley Bray > Lightning Ridge, north west New South Wales - opal diggings on a wet day
Lightning Ridge, north west New South Wales - opal diggings on a wet d ...
Lesley Bray > Old miners house in original state with bark dividing walls, dirt floors and kerosine tin chimney
Old miners house in original state with bark dividing walls, dirt floo ...
Lesley Bray > Raod signs to the diggings
Raod signs to the diggings
Lesley Bray > Mural on side of shop
Mural on side of shop
Lesley Bray > Omigo's Castle - taken through a window
Omigo built his castle by hand with local rocks
Omigo's Castle - taken through a window Omigo built his castle by han ...
Lesley Bray > Open cut mine
Open cut mine
Lesley Bray > Abandoned truck
Abandoned truck
gallery pages:  1  

Gallery Comments

| hide gallery comments |


Photo Sharing by SmugMug · Login · Contact · Help · Portions © 2013 SmugMug, Inc.
Show FeedsAvailable Feeds
Gallery Photos:
Atom FeedAtom | RSS FeedRSS