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Outback Opal Tours
Things To Do Lightning Ridge, Walgett, New South Wales
Adventure and Outdoors Tours
Cultural and Theme Tours
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Outback Opal Tours will take you on a real deal outback mining adventure where you get to see and experience the best Lightning Ridge has to offer.
Outback Opal Tours are an accredited tour operator that offers a variety of daily tours. Their friendly tour guides are extremely passionate about the opal industry, and all have an opal mining background.
As part of the daily Town Tour, you will go on a guided underground tour (Walk-In Mine), enjoy morning tea, learn about Amigo’s Castle, see old miners’ camps like Gemseekers Paradise, watch an opal cutting demonstration and explore the Ridge and surrounding opal fields.
Full-Day Tours to Glengarry, Grawin, Sheepyard Opal fields and all bush pubs are available daily. Get an insight into the life of an opal miner and see how the locals live. It’s a must for everyone wanting to experience something quite different, who loves fossicking and wants to learn more about the area including farming and wildlife.
Their fully air-conditioned coaches are the perfect option if you are looking to give your car a break from driving on un-sealed roads. Sit back and relax as we share stories and historical information about the opal mining industry, and about our famous Black Opal.
Large Group Tours, Coach Tours, Tag Along and Private Tours can also be organised.
Services
From $55 to $125
See the best of the Ridge with Outback Opal Tours in one of their air-conditioned buses with a friendly local tour guide. You will see the town’s surrounding opal fields, see how the miners live, guided underground mine tour, Amigos famous Castle, opal cutting demonstration and much more on their daily Town Tours.
Also available daily Full Day Tour to the Glengarry, Grawin and Sheepyard Opal Fields and three bush pubs – the real deal outback opal mining experience.
Disabled Access
Family Friendly
From $120 to $125
This tour takes you to the Opal fields around 70 kilometres from Lightning Ridge. You will be go to all three unique bush pubs out there (Club in the Scrub, Glengarry Hilton and Sheepyard Inn) and the Sheepyard community war memorial and museum at Lake Beard. Fossicking (or like the locals say specking for opals) is trying to find your own unique souvenir to take home. The guide will show and explain what our opal miners are doing to find these precious gem stones and whats involved in opal mining. This tour is like stepping back in time a few decades and will show you this very different world out there. Part of the tour is Devonshire morning tea and lunch (drinks at pubs at your own expense). This tour is a must for everyone who wants to experience the real deal opal mining experience and comes highly recommended by fellow travellers.
Disabled Access
Family Friendly Pet Friendly - Enquire
From $55 to $60
As part of the daily Town Tours at 9am you will go on a guided underground tour (Walk-In Mine), have morning tea, hear about our famous Amigo’s Castle, see old miners’ camps like Gemseekers Paradise and watch an opal cutting demonstration. Relax on our bus and explore the Ridge and surrounding opal fields with us.
Disabled Access
Family Friendly
