My brother & 3 of his friends went to lighting ridge in 75 for 6 months in an old had Holden .they got a few opal’s,s enough to live off but nothing great .

Legend mate , I loved the take 2 modern version of the original, you and your shotgun mate filming was AOK , love all the funny commentary, can’t wait to visit the Ridge again

Great video mate , I’m from Sydney but been to lightning ridge a few times, what a town, so full of characters, I wish I was there in the 80s would of had a blast , what about all the Aussie vehicles, beautiful mate great video , you and your old man are legends

But with more growth. Shouldn't that help more cloud formations in long term. I think this is proof. Climate change should be investing more in re establishing areas of whatever helps long term soil improvement. Which will eventually regain control of the land

This is so inspiring! Working with nature instead of against it. ❤

Syntropic Agroforestry is the future!

My Grandfather was Peter Manoel….huge personality around White Cliffs! Do you. Know of him?

"We're not meant to leave the planet, we're meant to fix it."

This mans one in a million, to donate such precious things to the science is so selfless it could almost bring a person to tears. Knowing the temptation that one would have and still doing the right thing. Truly amazing.

Fantastic work 😊😊😊

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Only one flood needed.....(🤭)

Wow! Very informative and entertaining. So much history spoken by mollusk fossils. #bigdata Also love the shirt! Keep up the great work! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

100 million years? They're as old as opal can form. Synthetic opals are made quite quickly. Lets not get excited over greatest date number.

Where can I purchase that shirt?!

I was up there one year when the censes was held and we were out on a claim but first camp closest to the bitchermen road bur we werent counted😢

I always enjoy your videos when my bell icon rings!

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you had me at 'opalized'

I played a drinking game. I take a sip every time he said specimen 😅

- Hello from the USA 🇺🇸 💕.

Is there a video update on this farm yet?

Incroyable ! 😮

I am Lakota Sioux, Sicangu tribe Rosebud S.D. USA. I became interested in Opal at a young age, and have always been fascinated with Opal, especially black opal from Lightening Ridge Australia. I fully concur and agree with opalized fossil and artifacts should stay in Australia where it belongs. If it came from there, it belongs there, as a fossil record or artifact, gem opal or not. The driving force for such a strong opinion like that is I know how it feels when artifacts of your own culture are stolen or sold off for profit. I am not talking about opal knobby or seam, but actual artifacts and fossil records. They MUST be preserved for all Australians mainly and then for all peoples benefit. I so love Australia. Such a wonderful country and history. I seriously wish I could at least visit someday. God Bless you all mates !!!

U r good

What a bless is to have a human being like Ernst Götsch in this world. I highly recommend you all getting to know about former Formula 1 driver Pedro Paulo Diniz projects in Syntropic Agro: the Fazenda da Toca and the Rizoma Agro.

Next to a river.

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Looks good but I think you have had some above average rainfall years. There is no such thing as a banana tree. The correct term and concept is: Banana Plants. Btw is that a water channel near this plot?

Maybe that enzyme that’s in pineapple is in every thing else. I’m pretty sure that’s been considered lol.. but u never know 🤷‍♀️ . Wonderful video. Thank you

It’s lovely to see how a community comes together to make something huge. This museum is going to be beautiful! Bravo to the anonymous benefactor and can’t wait to see more about the opening! Do you think they’ll have a plaque to commemorate the original building where the Opal Center once stood?

why will nobody disclose the amount of irrigation water is use - take away the irrigation and you have what you started with which is arid land

having trouble accepting this as the truth the whole truth etc....turn off the irrigation and you have nothing except what was already there !!!

Kind of Australia's Slab City, but legal and involving mining.

What a great episode! We’re finding how so many older solutions are coming back to help us live comfortably now. Why they were tossed aside in the first place is crazy. Thank you for sharing 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

very good information

Excellent one your best.

That’s very interesting, thanks for sharing your experience and thoughts with us. 👍🏼

That was some really interesting LR trivia Russell ;)

Really enjoyed this. Ty. Dad has lived in the Ridge since the mid 1990’s. He’s rented a few camps, lived in town at one point then bought a camp around 2000 (I think). Completely off grid (plus a landline phone). Water tanks, solar and a generator. The camp runs 12v and 240v off the inverter. Slow combustion fire, gas cooking and hot water. He had a gas fridge but now runs a 12v upright fridge/freezer. I love visiting the ridge, although summer can suck a bit. Lost count of how many times I’ve been there.

That's awesome Russell ! Say someone rocked up with thier own accommodation (van) and a Dewalt breaker in hand. Would one be able to get employment at one of the camps on LR, are they looking for helping hand this time of year for a small cut? 🤔 Very keen & passionate about this dream a reality!! 🙏 ❤

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Always good to see you Russell, much love to you and the many fine people of Lighting Ridge and it's history!

Amazing doc

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Wy i never gat som i am from holland

What a brilliant video! I'm a syntropic farmer and this is the best video I've seen explaining what we do. *claps*

Hi Russell, your great great grandfather Frederick Gawthorpe (1846-1905) was the eldest son of your great great great grandparents, bricklayer Richard Gawthorpe (1822-1898) and his wife Eliza Hayes nee Daly (1812-1874) a widow. They are both at Rookwood too! They were married at Wollongong in 1845 not long after the death of Eliza's first husband James Hayes. Eliza and James were pioneer Catholic schoolteachers in Sydney, Parramatta and the Illawarra and had six children, two of whom died earlier as infants and were buried at Devonshire Street. James was buried in Wollongong Catholic Cemetery which is now WIN Stadium. Eliza married 23 year old Richard Gawthorpe who had arrived from England a year earlier on the ship 'William Metcalfe'. They had your 2x great grandfather Frederick at Wollongong, then daughters Matilda and Ellen in Sydney in 1848 and 1850 respectively. Eliza died at Glebe and was buried at Petersham/Lewisham Catholic Cemetery in 1874, which was resumed for the widening of the train line near Lewisham Station. Her remains were re-buried at Rookwood. Richard remarried and had three more children. Richard died in 1898 and was buried with his youngest son from his second marriage, William Squire Gawthorpe (1880-1891). Their grave is indeed without a headstone. So you also have your 3x great grandparents Richard Gawthorpe and Eliza Daly at Rookwood. I've been researching the Hayes family and discovered the Gawthorpe family link earlier this year. Cheers.

Thank you !!!