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[photos] Australia: Lightning Ridge Opals
We also visited Lightning Ridge Opal Mines, named for a famous opal mining area. elisem had a terrific time shopping here.
We got to see opals being ground, in a nifty demo.
A closer view.
Some of their wares.
Sign by the bathroom. :: covets ::
There was also a series of terraria in a side room, with various Aussie natives. Some four-legged, some six- or eight-legged. Or more.
This sadly blurry shot was the only time I’d managed to capture his tongue.
Another critter.
And some had lots of legs.
Woof woof!
As usual, more at the Flickr set.
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Posted: 5:34 am Thu October 21 2010 |
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