Australian regional language: Situated on the border of New South Wales and Queensland - Lightning Ridge was so named after sheet lightning struck drovers and six hundred sheep - killing them all stone dead! Lightning Ridge is now famous world wide for the elusive 'black opal.' Tourists come from all over the world to find the best opals that the 'Ridge' has to offer - from costume jewellery to film star quality gems. Many ghosts (so it is said) roam this desolate land because so many miners have been killed not only by lightning - mining is a dangerous occupation and dynamite is unstable in the wrong hands!
Coo-ee! Common way of calling others in the bush.
Drover: Sheep and cattle handlers
Mob: A big herd of sheep
Bolted: raced away
Shale: sharp blue metal shards found on top of mountain ridges.

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