Staying with the Outback Beds network allows you to experience working sheep and cattle stations, bush pubs, log cabins, living underground, Bed and Breakfasts, a little luxury and tranquil river campsites.... even camel campouts.
We offer an experience unlike any other. Ron Canlin the artist has created an amazing art galley carved in the sandstone 11 metres underground in a 100 year old mine.
'Though you've roamed the whole world over, seen most all there is to see,There are scenes you've never dreamed of, in the stone of mystery.' Laurie Hudson, Cumborah Postmaster 1947-1965
There are many 'must see' destinations in Australia and Lightning Ridge is certainly that; home of the beautiful Black Opal and like the wonderful gem, Lightning Ridge shows its varying colors depending on how you look at it.
The Black Opal is allusive but Lightning Ridge, its character and hospitality certainly are not. There is a wonderful welcome from the time you arrive; you can understand why some travelers stay. It is a wonderfully eccentric place and the eccentricity is comforting in this day of conformity.
You can read all there is to know about The Ridge' and even hear stories, but that will give you as much understanding as trying to smell a color.
You can experience sculptures underground, bottle-houses, antique lamps, castles, astronomy monuments, unique gardens, hills named 'Lunatic', 'Pig' and Bald', a pub crawl to 'The Pub in the Srub', 'The Glengarry Hilton' and 'Sheepyard', and even tour underground mines. And how do you find all these thing?.. look out for a colored Car Door. Make sense?
Thought not...it will when you go though....
The River Run - Lightning Ridge is a great side trip of the Darling River Run and joining up to the Run (at Walgett or Brewarrina) allows the traveller to experience the Walgett, Brewarrina and Bourke sections.
Paperbark Tours offers a different way to see Australia – small groups, 4WD coaches, unique accommodation and the chance to get up close with nature, learn about Australia’s culture and history, and meet the local characters.
