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I’m curious whether “nose-in” parking was the norm at the time, or if the cars were simply oriented for the best view in the model. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1580532886088-GL8MH5EPTSE0DNNQ262V/bigopal3.jpg Videos - The Model Mine - Lightning Ridge Scale Model from the 1960s The red, white and blue BMW in centre, tourist bus and various livestock inhabit the street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1580532918757-DDYMLQHCN1MCFDJOZDFE/bigopal4.jpg Videos - The Model Mine - Lightning Ridge Scale Model from the 1960s An overview of the model, underground scenario and name plate. The entire unit is designed to fit into the corner of a room, and is trapezoidal in shape accordingly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1580532934251-H5YLXXP0XVZLLYVI5TXR/bigopal5.jpg Videos - The Model Mine - Lightning Ridge Scale Model from the 1960s Aerial view of Opal Street (obviously). The placement of the telegraph/power poles is completely accurate. The actual poles are in the same position to this day, refer photos below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1580532949397-O84GL2TXPQ89BLSW8Q9J/bigopal6.jpg Videos - The Model Mine - Lightning Ridge Scale Model from the 1960s Overview from the left (north) end of the model. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1580532967704-STWL1LAJITETKROE68QT/bigopal7.jpg Videos - The Model Mine - Lightning Ridge Scale Model from the 1960s Overview from the right (south) end of the model. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1580532982756-I8MX117EXVOR6403C96L/bigopal8.jpg Videos - The Model Mine - Lightning Ridge Scale Model from the 1960s Part of the underground mining diorama, featuring a shaft (vertical), drive (horizontal) and a ballroom (dome shaped excavation). A red rickshaw/wheelbarrow waits for dirt. The cut logs used for support are props, preventing the collapse of the drive ceilings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1580533087097-3UBWC86UUUU2WLAR436W/bigopal9.jpg Videos - The Model Mine - Lightning Ridge Scale Model from the 1960s Overview of the model in situ at The Big Opal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1580533100522-1ZJH86CP9HGLTON5JAHP/bigopal10.jpg Videos - The Model Mine - Lightning Ridge Scale Model from the 1960s If you didn’t take a selfie, were you really there? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1580533127750-VVUGT7X66VSY3P45SO4Y/comparison1.jpg Videos - The Model Mine - Lightning Ridge Scale Model from the 1960s Comparison 1: North end. The sign on top of the Butcher’s Shop has remained unchanged since the ‘60s. The porch at the front of the two-story building was removed a few years ago, but it was offset from the other porches as depicted accurately in the model. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1580533149665-FE8EMSGMCBW3BBYNPRHE/comparison2.jpg Videos - The Model Mine - Lightning Ridge Scale Model from the 1960s Comparison 2: Front on, looking from the west. There’s actually not much to point out in this comparison as the model is incredibly faithful to the original block of buildings. I suspect the builder may have intended to complete more detail on the upper storey of the taller building, but concluded the project early. Projects are never finished, only abandoned. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1580533172120-NO874KDOAY8VUDNXQL2V/image-asset.jpeg Videos - The Model Mine - Lightning Ridge Scale Model from the 1960s Comparison 3: “The Mine”, or the Ridge Lightning Lightning Photography Gallery (2009). This shop has been through about ten different colour schemes since we had the gallery open. In my objective opinion, ours was best. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1580534513697-QKYSBIEO5W1D49OX6ZGG/gallery.jpg Videos - The Model Mine - Lightning Ridge Scale Model from the 1960s The Ridge Lightning Lightning Photography gallery, 2009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1580534530969-FRKTDB02LO10DVBM0EMB/gallery+lightning.jpg Videos - The Model Mine - Lightning Ridge Scale Model from the 1960s The only photograph I managed to take of our lightning photography gallery with lightning, although you have to squint to see it. http://curiositymine.com/videos/stuff-that-looks-like-opal-geological-biological-amp-man-made-opal-impostors monthly 0.5 2020-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1578796267816-CWIWY9PIYP12OTC7HCCE/notopalexamples2.jpg Videos - Stuff that Looks Like Opal - Geological, Biological & Man-Made Opal Impostors Examples of materials that exhibit similar visual effects as opal. Not all of these materials made it into the video, what do you recognise? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1578796314669-RYPMRH0MIOOZZRFCU6VI/notopalexamples.jpg Videos - Stuff that Looks Like Opal - Geological, Biological & Man-Made Opal Impostors More examples. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1578796339054-4EH9J86HQTCE5VANQOO2/glass1.jpg Videos - Stuff that Looks Like Opal - Geological, Biological & Man-Made Opal Impostors “Opal glass”, or iridescent glass has a weathering crust that displays optical effects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1578796369375-XZ0SN2ENFZYH3FP8MCLM/glass2.jpg Videos - Stuff that Looks Like Opal - Geological, Biological & Man-Made Opal Impostors Weathering crust on a beer bottle that was buried in Collarenebri for about 60 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1578796425484-TMPBLYREZ3TG438N7BAU/romanglass.jpg Videos - Stuff that Looks Like Opal - Geological, Biological & Man-Made Opal Impostors Detail of the majestic piece of ancient European glass, displaying all manner of colours and textures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1578796457524-Z2Z1GGRVQHF91ZL0NPT2/romanglass2.jpg Videos - Stuff that Looks Like Opal - Geological, Biological & Man-Made Opal Impostors The reverse of the same piece, showing blues and cyans surrounding the golden patches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1578796493350-F9BAD8FMIWJI475YVAR9/sunstone.jpg Videos - Stuff that Looks Like Opal - Geological, Biological & Man-Made Opal Impostors An image I regret omitting from the video: sunstone displays mostly an orange colour from its copper inclusions, but some of the flashes of colour are green, as seen on the right, here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1578796537505-VL26SBP2K6FZ31KT1K0B/beetlecarapaces.jpg Videos - Stuff that Looks Like Opal - Geological, Biological & Man-Made Opal Impostors Gorgeous green beetle carapaces from the study collection of the Australian Opal Centre. Similar structural colouring can be found on Christmas beetles and houseflies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1578796596690-TGHASS42XOR831QQJVK6/ammonite.jpg Videos - Stuff that Looks Like Opal - Geological, Biological & Man-Made Opal Impostors Another omission from the video, a glorious example of an ammonite with beautifully preserved ammolite, shimmering in greens and pinks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1578796638491-CTZSYWZZV9Z30LBEEOMS/opal_opalite.jpg Videos - Stuff that Looks Like Opal - Geological, Biological & Man-Made Opal Impostors A visual comparison of actual crystal opal (left) and Opalite (right). http://curiositymine.com/videos/ridge-lightning-lightning-amp-weather-photography-from-lightning-ridge monthly 0.5 2020-01-05 http://curiositymine.com/videos/lightning-ridge-in-a-1920-silent-film-the-shadow-of-lightning-ridge monthly 0.5 2020-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1578358470987-6SCUBEQFZECJKPQ1MX2G/Shadow_of_Lightning_Ridge.jpg Videos - Lightning Ridge in a 1920 Silent Film "The Shadow of Lightning Ridge" Poster/playbill for The Shadow of Lightning Ridge (1920). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1578358422147-52BC5SXZTK6N7E206I6X/church1.jpg Videos - Lightning Ridge in a 1920 Silent Film "The Shadow of Lightning Ridge" The corrugated iron church on the Three Mile opal field, used in the film The Goddess of 1967 (2000). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1578358436715-A2MYOS5ZI46J1T6GGT9S/church2.jpg Videos - Lightning Ridge in a 1920 Silent Film "The Shadow of Lightning Ridge" Signage on the corrugated iron church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1578358452693-7W2802MW35A5L9K4MTG3/church3.jpg Videos - Lightning Ridge in a 1920 Silent Film "The Shadow of Lightning Ridge" The “front” of the church. http://curiositymine.com/videos/how-do-you-get-a-dinosaur-named-after-you monthly 0.5 2020-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1578359003794-0XUI0QPO4OESIT7NR1JH/interview_bts.jpg Videos - How Do You Get a DINOSAUR Named After You? 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Extras: A Space Shuttle, But Not The Saturn V rocket re-creation at Huntsville. Don't worry, there's a real one, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1509187767296-B094V18P377MB3TQUE7E/IMG_4926.JPG Videos - Extras: A Space Shuttle, But Not No parking. Unless you're a space shuttle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1509187797040-F8ZPARFUG7WTAB1JXW9N/IMG_4693.JPG Videos - Extras: A Space Shuttle, But Not Entrance to the USS&RC, with signage for two key exhibits: Pathfinder and the Saturn V. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1509187965832-N05JQJ5VS0G0MEC6E271/IMG_4804.JPG Videos - Extras: A Space Shuttle, But Not The Saturn V in Huntsville. Fun fact: It was 117°F the day we visited. Fun, fun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1509188020564-YBD1I3PAKH6HEFHHT3KP/IMG_4791.JPG Videos - Extras: A Space Shuttle, But Not The Apollo 16 Command Module. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1509188056943-0Y316YRCUPDNQNN9ETH4/IMG_4903.JPG Videos - Extras: A Space Shuttle, But Not I, too, like rockets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1509188074859-HY653MLCT54SCEHKIN43/IMG_0923+1.JPG Videos - Extras: A Space Shuttle, But Not A Saturn I-B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1509188107999-YC412TXCG9BHUFEZ2TLU/IMG_0987.JPG Videos - Extras: A Space Shuttle, But Not I approve. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1509188140400-159V3DFL8L5F8Z2UTJJ7/IMG_1220.JPG Videos - Extras: A Space Shuttle, But Not I found JFK. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1509188181358-VQV6H58Y9OMZGV3KZ69I/IMG_1130.JPG Videos - Extras: A Space Shuttle, But Not I also found Atlantis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1509188212055-8GX9ODIKLLWLRTD6B13L/IMG_1117.JPG Videos - Extras: A Space Shuttle, But Not Looking up Atlantis's skirt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1509188240070-PU3S9M8S3YK6PNUQ2Z3R/IMG_2630.JPG Videos - Extras: A Space Shuttle, But Not Here's Discovery, OV-103, at the Udvar-Hazy Complex of the Smithsonian Institute, near Washington D.C.'s Dulles Airport. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1509188290720-BF272FINVLPI6WQZB8TQ/IMG_2830.JPG Videos - Extras: A Space Shuttle, But Not While I didn't get to visit the shuttle Enterprise, OV-101 (which is on the Intrepid aircraft carrier in New York), I did get to see the USS Enterprise, NCC-1701, which is a perfectly acceptable substitute. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1509188402848-HBWG712TQFUSSOM6SNGU/IMG_2667.JPG Videos - Extras: A Space Shuttle, But Not Discovery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1509188430577-RLY32H7F7Q1Q6RPUDCQ8/IMG_4896.JPG Videos - Extras: A Space Shuttle, But Not I also found an A-12. In fact, I found many A-12s, SR-71s and variations thereof. These things are everywhere. http://curiositymine.com/videos/a-space-shuttle-but-not-pathfinder monthly 0.5 2020-01-05 http://curiositymine.com/videos/pine-cones-and-seed-pods-fine-details-preserved monthly 0.5 2020-01-05 http://curiositymine.com/videos/whats-it-like-to-live-in-a-train monthly 0.5 2020-01-05 http://curiositymine.com/videos/mystery-object-fine-details-preserved monthly 0.5 2020-01-05 http://curiositymine.com/videos/cretaceous-creek-fine-details-preserved monthly 0.5 2020-01-05 http://curiositymine.com/videos/the-science-of-pots monthly 0.5 2020-01-05 http://curiositymine.com/videos/great-gastropods-marvellous-mussels-fine-details-preserved monthly 0.5 2020-01-05 http://curiositymine.com/videos/charlie-nettletons-pocket-watch-fine-details-preserved monthly 0.5 2020-01-05 http://curiositymine.com/videos/unboxing-the-past-fine-details-preserved monthly 0.5 2020-01-05 http://curiositymine.com/videos/extras-collarenebri-the-railway-that-never-was monthly 0.5 2020-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493211386032-E95IV2YC8S6QV1JTQTOC/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Collarenebri - The Railway that Never Was The remains of the buffer at the end of the Pokataroo/Collarenebri railway line. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493211421939-DRNDMVTFJO10LDH3W65J/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Collarenebri - The Railway that Never Was The earthworks beneath the old railway line is now home to rabbits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493211449076-Y3ZPDX29F4TVAB6LG1JO/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Collarenebri - The Railway that Never Was The base of the jib crane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493211475751-9MKS5AA6WZU91QGWYMJO/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Collarenebri - The Railway that Never Was The jib crane base and old farmhouses in Pokataroo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493211509016-0P8FDM5WV1HAGD6BSFI8/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Collarenebri - The Railway that Never Was A tree grows up through the disused railway line. (2002.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493211542229-GVICSQIAY8XJE1HJCDD2/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Collarenebri - The Railway that Never Was Some of the old lines have been plowed up, resulting in a tangled mess of steel. (2002.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493211604899-7DDVQL2VM2O67WUSKEP5/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Collarenebri - The Railway that Never Was The remains of the buffer. This photograph is from 2002, before the wooden structure had rotted away and collapsed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493211646309-0LPIZ41F1TXDVCCDD069/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Collarenebri - The Railway that Never Was Track joint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493211687130-TARXP6AZG2V8D6BYSOKB/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Collarenebri - The Railway that Never Was A nearby rail bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493211726573-1SLGI4KCYAIC1SY0KI0A/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Collarenebri - The Railway that Never Was Pokataroo by night. http://curiositymine.com/videos/collarenebri-the-railway-that-never-was monthly 0.5 2020-01-05 http://curiositymine.com/videos/extras-fossils-and-false-fossils monthly 0.5 2020-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493095215913-FTAHYNA5JNRFHBZ5SNQT/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Fossils and False Fossils An automatic hoist, ordinarily used to lift opal dirt from below ground to a truck on the surface, has been repurposed as a projector stand for the 2016 presentation of Spark, a multimedia video presentation about the Lightning Ridge experience, culture and lifestyle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493095359510-UFH7XVDPHSVJKHK4HVS1/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Fossils and False Fossils The projector (and hoist!) in use for the Spark experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493095405741-EDFI5ZNOD2LJ0G2E3J01/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Fossils and False Fossils Filming with Dr. Smith. Here, we're discussing weird little stone formations, where it appears the silica deposits have been "squashed" as they've formed, creating something that looks like crushed candy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493095483687-QYHNM529CR4GGIOJ8EXU/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Fossils and False Fossils Elizabeth is explaining the characteristics of a dinosaur bone: smooth surface, some porous regions, certain specific shapes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493095575966-TYO88LIJOGK8GRR1F8DT/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Fossils and False Fossils It rained relentlessly during the shoot. We were indoors, so getting wet wasn't a problem. We were inside a gigantic shed, though, so getting good sound was. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493095643812-8MEQUV5UKAXGN78MQCTI/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Fossils and False Fossils The front of an old Morris, repurposed in typical Lightning Ridge style as a piece of mining machinery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493095759720-AAE44U6CBQ0S1GTIDPBF/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Fossils and False Fossils Selfie with the rear of the vehicle. The perforated drum is designed like a clothes washing machine, to spin the opal dirt around and pulverise the sandstone away. Some of these machines, called "puddlers" worked with water (wet puddling), others operated without (dry puddling). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493095847880-PKK6O7FUVC8G716NQUNV/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Fossils and False Fossils The rear of another puddler vehicle. Like the Morris, this one is a two-in-one machine. You can see the two driveshaft extensions, allowing the miner to "disconnect" the truck's wheels and "connect" the puddler attachment, then when it's time to move again, swap the connections over and drive the vehicle again. http://curiositymine.com/videos/fossils-false-fossils-specimen-identification-at-lightning-ridge monthly 0.5 2020-01-05 http://curiositymine.com/videos/extras-restoring-a-railcar monthly 0.5 2020-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493123314230-NJ6TYBPDHXI1XMDIGOER/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Restoring a Railcar 903, the lead car of the set. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493123367058-ZFIV85SKB3CWWNRWJXPW/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Restoring a Railcar Looking down the side of the DEB set. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493123421375-KN5LOHXVKCS7Z8UZO14E/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Restoring a Railcar Some evidence of the "Candy" colour scheme still remains on the intercarriage door. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493123464781-XB2DBXGV15J9O9ZBNDJV/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Restoring a Railcar More evidence of candy inside a disused ditch light installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493123507726-XS1XKRP0EH0WXF3U1MGW/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Restoring a Railcar The driver's cab of power car 958 has been repainted by restoration volunteers to replicate the "Reverse" livery, as a promotional exercise for the restoration project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493123783344-R2TVMK8D9JP9JKCXOOHY/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Restoring a Railcar Brake release lever labeling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493123596061-V9RVVWZW95PEXMMA8CEJ/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Restoring a Railcar Brake wheel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493123808767-JTA49N5QVQ93FRXI94H3/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Restoring a Railcar Brake pressure gauge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493123929312-EWDF45SKD5I920YMY630/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Restoring a Railcar The old State Rail logo makes an appearance on some labels stuck to a bulkhead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493123983041-EL3HX5GS3WDPKA4B3XYF/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Restoring a Railcar Good advice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493124004844-F4449IV3XBLOPOVW7J8G/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Restoring a Railcar How to get comfortable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493124090198-L6A7UA75F4JR7GU63GG9/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Restoring a Railcar Throttle controls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493124130856-N1K0EVUE04KG4K93X5ZN/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Restoring a Railcar Transmission instructions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493124162536-VGZUE55GB0T7BEMLM9IW/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Restoring a Railcar Brake air gauges and window wiper controls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493124200981-4D9KX73IYV3KJ2J6YXY0/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Restoring a Railcar Vintage detritus: An old Fanta bottle. Not sure of it's age, but it has a (008) freecall phone number on it, which puts it somewhere between 1994 and 1998. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493124374403-I3RX31VTQZK5G0WKJIXM/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Restoring a Railcar The interior of power car 903. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493124442760-BSA2KK3XAGHMMZ95UBHB/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Restoring a Railcar Details: Stitching on the "leather" seats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493124468991-PI945HEPCBOR89B1QT3V/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Restoring a Railcar Details: Art Deco style washroom signage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493124501306-JIT23QFOMZH1JPNK5UK2/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Restoring a Railcar Looking back toward the front of the train. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493124520905-RU2MEQHGWC3WYLCSW9QN/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Restoring a Railcar The guard's panel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493124590902-X5DPXMSZRLYSNGFSN3YU/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Restoring a Railcar The "Trouble Light". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493124617592-8TNM95G1G0QM6H3MEKY0/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Restoring a Railcar The galley in buffet car 855, in the process of being cleaned. This is a restoration project; there's a lot of work to do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493124720132-1QANCJ3OWDOBMPJAWKF4/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Restoring a Railcar Breakdown equipment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493124758680-FVKDV5AQA1D39DQCWE0T/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Restoring a Railcar Interior of car 958. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493124780926-EUH9UUHKQ23W08M7QRU2/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Restoring a Railcar Interior of 957. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493124815501-NGI8XU8TLRGFOL4N9G0T/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Restoring a Railcar Selfie with DEB set. http://curiositymine.com/videos/restoring-a-railcar-the-900-class-deb-set-restoration-project monthly 0.5 2020-01-05 http://curiositymine.com/videos/extras-how-lightning-ridge-got-its-awesome-name monthly 0.5 2020-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493094150019-0E4A6J5FCWT9UTKSRDOF/4-freds2.jpg Videos - Extras: How Lightning Ridge got its name https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493094139492-QU8LVCL1USDOXSNUMK6T/4-freds.jpg Videos - Extras: How Lightning Ridge got its name https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493094163856-3M877NXTAO8EOJY4UGCH/4-jade-freds.jpg Videos - Extras: How Lightning Ridge got its name https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493094082822-191XPIK24QZ4N6DBNS7H/4_fredbedroom.jpg Videos - Extras: How Lightning Ridge got its name https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493094124432-OUCY56O0URA1KR0ZI0J2/4-fredkitchen.jpg Videos - Extras: How Lightning Ridge got its name https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493094158018-TQO7071F0YR2Z7NWALTT/4-fredsittingroom.jpg Videos - Extras: How Lightning Ridge got its name https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493094114357-ULFNQCM886OP1AZXHNJS/4-deadend.jpg Videos - Extras: How Lightning Ridge got its name https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493094593657-25625V0BQOSN5U52MVS8/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: How Lightning Ridge got its name Filming outside Fred's hut. Here, Barbara is discussing the history and demise of the Nettleton settlement, one of the three phases of Lightning Ridge's development, after the Wallangulla township in the early 1900s, and the later Lightning Ridge surveyed town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493094677766-MNQHFL006CP1TX79WWID/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: How Lightning Ridge got its name Filming some unused conversation in the breezeway of Fred Bodel's hut. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493094713313-CDO10AYKJ0W5A4BLDS2M/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: How Lightning Ridge got its name Stopping off at the First Shaft Lookout, a key location in Lightning Ridge history and a spectacular view of the flat horizon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493094781955-IJOZVDAYAMGT1AZRTA1P/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: How Lightning Ridge got its name Filming at the site of Lightning Ridge's naming -- this is (supposedly) where the lightning struck the sheep, shepherd and dog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493094835564-C2BOOU8ENLOR88I95CSW/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: How Lightning Ridge got its name The Castlereagh Highway at the town naming site. Local artist John Murray's gigantic sculpture of Stanley the Emu stands on the left, built from a Volkswagen beetle body suspended above the ground on steel beams. http://curiositymine.com/videos/how-lightning-ridge-got-its-awesome-name monthly 0.5 2020-01-19 http://curiositymine.com/videos/extras-harold-hodges-opal-teeth monthly 0.5 2020-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493093485322-V34EVYHRWUR1HI1W8EM0/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Harold Hodges' Opal Teeth One of the original business cards for Harold Hodges' Tram-O-Tel in Lightning Ridge. This card is part of the collection of the Lightning Ridge Historical Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493093544491-7V8U554ZS3JTAB80CXMV/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Harold Hodges' Opal Teeth The Tram-O-Tel in 1999. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493093616959-2RNQ1EOAPXDTJ2VYGVHU/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Harold Hodges' Opal Teeth Harold's opal denture on display in the Australian Opal Centre's showroom in Morilla Street, Lightning Ridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493093659892-ZNTKA5HVRWIII0CZWIOJ/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: Harold Hodges' Opal Teeth The Diggers' Rest Hotel burned down in 2006. Harold's opal teeth had been removed long before. http://curiositymine.com/videos/teeth-and-trams-harold-hodges-opal-teeth monthly 0.5 2020-01-19 http://curiositymine.com/videos/mazes-and-mineshafts monthly 0.5 2020-01-19 http://curiositymine.com/videos/extras-the-secret-weapon-of-crayfish monthly 0.5 2020-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493093014971-VE004D3VRTMX431G5E89/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: The Secret Weapon of Crayfish A spectacularly gorgeous yabby button preserved in gem quality crystal opal. This thing is huge, and would have come from a massive crayfish. This pieces is on display at the Australian Opal Centre's showroom in Morilla Street, Lightning Ridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493093097281-JNQKV8EAO57MS0O8RCEA/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: The Secret Weapon of Crayfish A petri dish of smaller yabby buttons, many with opal colour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e16bbee4b0217e3138f410/1493093141986-TH992WPP3UFMJE79A48R/image-asset.jpeg Videos - Extras: The Secret Weapon of Crayfish "Yabby Buttons" made of yabby buttons. This was intended to be part of the intro graphic for the IDU episode, along with a timelapse of its construction, but ultimately wasn't used. It does appear on the YouTube video thumbnail, though! You can see the gorgeous gem-quality crystal yabbby button on the left. 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