Lightning Ridge (The home to the Black Opal)
Feb 19, 2017 19:22:14 #
Here in lightning Ridge opals are mined in this very isolated part of Australia. Materials are costly to bring/transport and buy so they scavenge and re-use anything they can to build somewhere to live. It is famous for their recycled bottle/can houses, mine tours, art galleries and shanty dwellings. Here are some of the more unusual places we found made from whatever they could find. Mounds of soil are found everywhere here where mining has been done. Scrubby plants and Cactus are the only things that grow out here in the mining areas.
Bottle and Can house.
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Bottle Window
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Inside looking out.
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Unusual botle window.
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Castles made from local rocks.
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Shanty
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Got no idea what to call this
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Close up of bottle window.
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Old trucks, cement mixers, pipes used to extract soil and opals from underground.
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Feb 19, 2017 21:27:04 #
Feb 20, 2017 03:41:35 #
Karenn wrote:
Here in lightning Ridge opals are mined in this ve... (show quote)
A great slice of Australiana Karenn.
Judging by your first reply you can tell it's going to bewilder most from overseas.
Feb 20, 2017 03:51:47 #
Feb 20, 2017 04:21:29 #
Have you every been there. It is like a world of its own with the landscape looking like another planet, being so barren and all the earth moving going on. We have been there twice.
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Ripper shots, Karenn.
Feb 20, 2017 05:03:10 #
Karenn wrote:
Have you every been there. It is like a world of its own with the landscape looking like another planet, being so barren and all the earth moving going on. We have been there twice.
Yes, Karenn. I lived at Moree for 20 years & I used to go to The Ridge regularly, mainly as a competitive pistol shooter. I had many great times there. Earl.
Feb 20, 2017 05:04:00 #
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Feb 20, 2017 08:17:32 #
Interesting set! For sue, no matter how distant and hard to get supplies, there will always be plenty of soda and beer bottles!
Feb 20, 2017 16:17:35 #
So true. In our travels and quite close to Lightning Ridge there is a Pub in the middle of the bush called "Club in the Scrub" it is very unique to the surrounding areas and very well known to the locals and travellers.
sb wrote:
Interesting set! For sue, no matter how distant and hard to get supplies, there will always be plenty of soda and beer bottles!
Feb 20, 2017 17:35:25 #
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Feb 21, 2017 00:08:42 #
These are amazing, Karenn! I've never heard of bottle can houses or bottle windows! Yep, just amazing!
Feb 21, 2017 22:17:25 #
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