14-04-2015, 12:58pm
Well I am now back after my 2,485km trip (around 3,000 km with side trips) to Lightning Ridge. The Evoque went like a dream, not one hitch. On the bitumen it was a dream, happy to cruise at the speed limit and with plenty of power to get past anything in its way.
Lightning Ridge is one of our Opal Mining town, set in Outback NSW. It was a great experience and driving around the mining areas was great.
I did some heavy duty outback dirt driving long along the 121km Brewarrina-Goodooga road to Bourke, which was fun to start with, till experiencing road trains coming from the other way and the road degenerating into deepish ruts that heavy trucks had made in the road.
At Parkes I went out and saw 'The Dish', from a famous Australia movie.
The trip was:
• Cronulla (my place in southern Sydney)
• Armidale (Lindsay House Country Hotel)
• Lightning Ridge (Lightning Ridge Outback Resort & Caravan Park for 3 nights)
• Bourke (Kidman Camp)
• West Wyalong (West Wyalong Caravan Park)
Attached are some photos.
The trip
Arriving in Lightning Ridge
The Lightning Ridge Outback Resort & Caravan Park where I stayed
Lightning Ridge main street
Opal mining areas
Down a mine
More in the next post
More opal mining areas
Early miners house
A miners castle
A miners dedication to the astronomers
A miners 17 years of art in his mine
Evoque in the mines
Cactus in the outback
Driving to Bourke, and watching the big road trains go by
Local wild life
The Darling River
Accommodation in Bourke
And The Dish
Lightning Ridge is one of our Opal Mining town, set in Outback NSW. It was a great experience and driving around the mining areas was great.
I did some heavy duty outback dirt driving long along the 121km Brewarrina-Goodooga road to Bourke, which was fun to start with, till experiencing road trains coming from the other way and the road degenerating into deepish ruts that heavy trucks had made in the road.
At Parkes I went out and saw 'The Dish', from a famous Australia movie.
The trip was:
• Cronulla (my place in southern Sydney)
• Armidale (Lindsay House Country Hotel)
• Lightning Ridge (Lightning Ridge Outback Resort & Caravan Park for 3 nights)
• Bourke (Kidman Camp)
• West Wyalong (West Wyalong Caravan Park)
Attached are some photos.
The trip
Arriving in Lightning Ridge
The Lightning Ridge Outback Resort & Caravan Park where I stayed
Lightning Ridge main street
Opal mining areas
Down a mine
More in the next post
More opal mining areas
Early miners house
A miners castle
A miners dedication to the astronomers
A miners 17 years of art in his mine
Evoque in the mines
Cactus in the outback
Driving to Bourke, and watching the big road trains go by
Local wild life
The Darling River
Accommodation in Bourke
And The Dish