Hello Chris,



Lightning Ridge is (or was) the "wild west" so you should get a free enough
run.

A place where they do not like the guvmint, or being regulated in any way.

Most people just can play it by ear. I'm sure you'll work something out
there.

There's tens of thousands of abandonned shafts nobody is interested in.

Working ones will be obvious, so talk to the owners or to the locals
generally.

There's said to be some bodies buried somewhere ... down some of the
shafts, but I don't know how true that is.

If you get deep enough underground there you should find it quite interesting.

I welcome any good photos of guillielmites (radially striated "nobbies")
etc. that I can use on website if you can get any.

Fossils are RARE there but people/miners will invariably show you ones
which they have found. I doubt you'll find any opalised fossils yourself
on spoil heaps, but who knows?


Best Regards,




John



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At 12:58 PM 11/01/08 -0000, you wrote:

>Hey Everyone
>Happy New Year!
>Im hoping someone will be able to help me with this. Im wondering if
>it is possible to collect at the lighting Ridge opal fields. Is there
>any way to get permission to look through spoil piles for opalised
>fossils? If so can anyone give me some details on how I would obtain
>permission?
>any info would be helpfull

>Regards Chris