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New South Wales - Lightning Ridge - Where to Stay, Bore Baths
This was our choice and the amenities are the best we have seen in Australia. See our review.
Lightning Ridge Outback Resort and Caravan Park
This caravan park is close to the centre of Lightning Ridge.
Very close to the centre of Lightning Ridge, this park had undergone a significant upgrade and those we spoke to
staying there thought highly of the standards of this park.
Crocodile Caravan and Camping Park
This caravan park is close
to the centre of Lightning Ridge.
Lorne Station Stay is five kilometres south of Lightning Ridge, and provides powered and
unpowered campsites, as well as bunkhouse accommodation. Toilets and showers, camp kitchen and Laundry are also available. Maximum stay one month.
Carinya Station is fifteen kilometres east of Lightning Ridge. Fee free for campers to stay for
two of more nights, in exchange for a little help with station or domestic chores. Must book, please phone 0427 944 775. Toilets
provided, and showers available for a gold coin donation.
Roadside Rest Area opposite Stanley the Emu, five kilometres
south of the Lightning Ridge turnoff has a toilet, and although alongside the Castlereagh Highway, some caravans stop here for a night
or two. View on Google Maps.
Just beyond and on the opposite side of Shermans Way to the Opal Caravan Park, this bore baths is easy walking distance from the caravan
park. Pandora Street becomes Shermans Way as you leave the town.
The water found in the bore baths at Lightning Ridge comes
from the Great Artesian Basin and is approximately two million years old. Natural pressure sends the water to the surface through
an artesian bore and it maintains a temperature 41.5 degrees Celsius. People were sitting on the edge of the two round pools
with feet touching the water, rather than fully immersed at this high temperature. We chose not to go into the water at these
Bore Baths, as we prefer somewhat cooler ones.