NSW Outback Road Trip
 Sydney to Lightening Ridge 
Dunedoo

​Dunedoo is a village of 747 inhabitants situated within the Warrumbungle Shire of central western New South Wales, Australia. Dunedoo is well known to Australian travellers due to its distinctive name.     Wikipedia

The town is at the junction of the Golden and Castlereagh highways.
​Coonamble.

Part of the ‘Great Inland Way’ Coonamble is situated on the ‘underground’ Castlereagh River in North-West NSW, approximately 6.5 hours drive from Sydney.

The name for the town  is taken from the Gamilaraay word "guna" (faeces) and 'bil' (having much). - gunambil.

Brigidine nuns from Ireland established a school in 1883.

Most of the other attractions were closed as a result of Covid 19.
Lightning Ridge
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Lightning Ridge is home to the famous Black Opal.
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The name Lightning Ridge is said to have originated when in the 1870s, some passers-by found the bodies of a farmer, his dog, and 200 sheep, which had been struck by lightning.

Europeans did not discover the potential for opal mining in Lightning Ridge until the late 1800s. In 1905, the first shafts were dug, with the unique Black Opal soon attracting attention of fossickers in established mining towns such as White Cliffs.
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Bottle House has a bottle dog kennel.
Amigo's Castle
Coopers Cottage, built in 1916 this is one of the oldest houses in Lightning Ridge!
Street Art
Opals
Bevan's Cactus Farm
Started in 1966, and now encompassing two passionate generations, Bevan’s host one of the largest cactus nurseries in the southern hemisphere with approximately 2,500 young and aged varieties. Grown from seeds collected from around the world, many plants are now well over 100 years old, with the oldest being nearly 150.
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​Drive to the next page:

​<<O>>;  ​3:-White Cliffs,(via Cobar, Bourke and Wilcannia)  4:-Broken Hill, (and Minindee) 5:- Silverton and Day Dream Mine   6:-Condoblin including Hay; Lake Cargelligo; Parkes and Cowra  7:- Mount Tomah Gardens
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