Easter Weekend

We all had a wonderful week end Lightning Ridge was booming, rain held off until the Sunday the Goat Races, the Rodeo and the Horse races were all a wonderful success.  We have now added to our Lightning Ridge DVD excerpts from the weekend and it is excellent thanks to Naz and Thomas



Latest news on the sculptures created by Ron Canlin

Ron has just completed Crikey Steve Irwin, the likeness is brilliant,  The Phantom, Pied Piper of Hamlyn with all the rats, 2 more archangels, a magical dragon that is approx 15 to 20 feet long, Australia’s new baby elephant who is absolutely gorgeous, shark, octopus, mermaid, we now have Elvis, Michael Jackson to name a few oh an Miss Piggy has joined us, with Kermit of course .  As you can see Ron hasn’t been wasting any time he has increased the sculptures like you wouldn’t believe he never ceases to amaze us all with his creativity.  Photo’s coming soon.

To everyone we wish you a wonderful and safe Christmas.



Visitors to the Mine

Well what a pleasure it was to meet HG Nelson down in The Chambers of The Black Hand.  We are to be featured in the Bush slam on the ABC later in the year so it was very exciting to be a part of it.



Latest additions to the carvings

Over the past 3 months Ron has completed the new Egyptian Chambers plus three spectacular biblical paintings.  His latest masterpeice is a 10 feet high seated Budda painted gold, a disc thrower life size,  a weeping maiden, a tower of swordfish and a leaping  black jaguar.  Every day is a new experience of Ron’s amazing talent, he never ceases to amaze our guests.  If you are revisiting you will find a lot of new carvings amongst the older ones, if there is a space Ron with endeavour to add more.  In Rons spare time (while watching TV) he also carves emu eggs there is no limit to his talent



Update on the carvings

We now have approx 350 carvings plus paintings and Ron has just returned from overseas full of new ideas and enthusiasm, straight back into carving.  Each day there is new surprise.



The Black Opal Jewelry Shop

We are sorry to say we won’t be opening our jewellery shop online there is just not enough hours in the day.



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