Stayed 3 nights in this great park. We had a drive through ensuite site. Very large site with a clean and large bathroom. Staff were friendly and helpful. Great spaces for entertainment, they had a comedy duo on the nights we were there. The pool was kept clean and a great temperature to have a swim even in August. Close to town and all attractions around. Would definitely recommend.

It was good other than the dump point was over flowing. If not for sewage issues, I would have rated at five stars. Ensure site was great. Clean. In good condition. Great shower pressure. Sites were drive through which is always easier. Great place to stay when visiting Lighting Ridge and would happily stay there again.

The main amenities block at BIG4 Opal Holiday Park is fantastic and sets the standard for all caravan parks. The site was generous and level, making it very comfortable. The pool could use a deeper clean and some extra shade, but we only stayed one night; next time we’ll definitely allow more time to enjoy everything!

Great camping area that's very popular with caravans and tents. There's cabins too. For tent camping you'll need a drill to get your tent pegs in. If you arrive during opening hours they'll lend you a drill. The land is rocky, so we used a ground sheet to protect our tent floor. There's a grass area where the kids can play, plus a giant chess set. The shower and toilets are clean and in good condition. The pool isn't shaded, but the nearby tables are. There's multiple camp kitchen areas.

Powered site. Facilities spotless. Main toilet/ showers all ensuite style with lots of room, glass shower doors, hot water with good pressure. Disabled facilities excellent. Camp kitchens, chess and table tennis. Astronomy dome under construction. Huge, level, gravel sites. Car wash and dog minding available on site. Leash free dog area. Management excellent and extremely helpful when we lost a shade screen from our motorhome during extreme heat and winds and lent us one of their own for 5 days. Site opposite hot bore baths which are free.

Clean, neat and tidy. Cabins are modern, roomy and comfortable. The facilities are fantastic. Perfect place to stay when visiting Lightning Ridge. A touch of paradise in outback NSW. Close to drive to the centre of town and the Artesian Bath is across the road.

The Big 4 was a wonderful experience. The cabin was a great size,everything was very clean,very affordable,everything you need. Pool and bbq facilities were excellent,it's a 200mt walk to the artisan baths,which was fabulous after a big day of checking out all there is to offer and lots of walking and some fossicking.The caravan park is close to all tourist attractions,which was great,and having a courtesy bus to transport to Bowls club( great food and cold drinks)was the best,highly recommend the Big4😊

Clean add easy to use, indoor and outdoor showers. Temperature was a little cooler after rain, but like a hot bath, very relaxing! Guests are coming and going all night but everyone is quietly chatting or relaxing. Showers have a sulphur smell, but the scent doesn't stay on you, and the baths themselves are odourless. Free & open all hours except 10 AM to noon for cleaning.

Very hot artesian baths at Lightning Ridge, mid north NSW Australia🇦🇺🧜‍♂️🧜‍♀️🏊‍♂️🥵 very hot water. It's good for you. A must visit. Also visit the opal mines and opal shops. Great history around the place. Very remote. The old pub has long gone unfortunately. The Diggers Rest. It was a fantastic place. How sad. 😌⛏️🪏⚒️⚖️🪃🛏🚫⬇️🇦🇺🌏🛻🛣☀️🌡🧨🕯📱📲

Almost too hot but a great experience. Best at dawn. Good sunset. Hot. Best to perch yourself on the edge or a step. Guaranteed to sleep like a baby afterwards.

Fantastic FREE public hot spring /bore baths. The water here is HOT, and varies between 40°- 46°C. There is also a second, smaller pool which is a few degrees cooler, but is only about 300mm deep, as opposed to the main pool which is about 1.6m deep. The pools are open all day every day, but are closed for cleaning between 10am-noon every day. It’s particularly nice to go in when it is really cold outside and the cool breeze helps keep your face cool.

Beautiful! Hot and relaxing water, perfect way to start or finish your day in lightning ridge! We watched the sunrise and would definitely go again Bore bath is around 45-50°c definitely worth it.

We’ve been coming back every year since 2022 (8 hours drive). We just love this place—sitting in the hot water under the night sky, watching a shooting star, it feels like pure paradise.

Excellent and clean. Very warm. Showers, toilets and change area. Cleaned between 10am and midday on weekdays

One of the best experiences we had in LR. The work that amigo put in here is absolutely staggering. Well worth the $15 admission. Waynes information was helpful . Would hope that Amigo sees the reviews so he can be justifiably proud of what he has achieved.

Simple set-up but worthy of the visit. $15 each to enter but we stayed over an hour. So much to wonder over one mans life work! The size of the iron stone was a marvelous effort. Well explained by a friendly guide who had all the answers and history. Glad it will be preserved by national trust.

Amazing! Definitely worth a look! Pet friendly and people working there had lots of information. Truly fantastic what people can do when they have the creativity and skills!

Look to be honest the $15 entry fee was not really worth the entry. I mean, it was ok but nothing that great. Half built castle made from local rock. The history given after entry was not extensive and I found out more on Google. But if you like a tourist attraction then have a look.

Very interesting place to visit, yes you have to pay for the visit,but money goes towards on going costs to let you have a look and see the Castle Amigo built and learn about his life

Amazing how much one man was able to build by himself.

Super impressive craftsmanship. The metal work and the rock building. Still feels unfinished and not a lot to see inside. Massive potential. Can imagine it would be awesome to have some events in there. Price was a bit more accessible than other activities in the area.

Take the turn on Gem street.. easiest way to find it 🙆 If like me you don't want to go too far underground this is ideal. Take your time look at the exhibits and video. Great true mining ⛏️. experience

A little hidden 💎 cute little shop with gorgeous opals. My partner seen the best piece of opal he has ever seen. He was blown away. The lady behind the counter was friendly. We did the underground self guided tour for $20 each. One of the easiest underground mines to get in. Very fascinating. We love these places. Off the main street and hidden back alittle bit. So it's a bit quiter and more chilled.

Moxed feeling. Yes it's a mine with some equipment to see, stories to read and videos to watch. The story of the owner is quite impressive, but I'm not sure if it's different from other miners or significant. They did their homework in regards to decorations, photo ops and safety, I'm happy to give that. The shop feels a bit overpriced. The mine tour is a bit short. Plenty of piles of rocks and sand to traverse looking for opals.

Easy access for almost anybody. Very interesting self guided tour down the mine.

Great self guided underground tour that is easy to access down some stairs. Hard hats provided. It's a small area to investigate, but fun for adults and the primary aged kids to explore. Make sure you have your own tools for the fossicking, and know it's out in the sun, not underground. I'm not sure there's anything to find there, but our son was very determined none the less.

A great rough tourism experience in a quirky and authentic setting. The underground mine is full of atmosphere and very informative. There is also free coffee and tea, parrots, beautiful polished opals in the shop, and mullock heaps to do your own fossicking. Recommended.

Nice staff you just take your time and walk in and there is a video in the mine and one upstairs as well.

I just love John Murray's art work! As we have travelled it's been on silos and murals in places unheard if. The gallery is worth a viewing especially take time to watch the video of John speaking how he arrived in Lightening Ridge,his home and his art work. Only a small piece purchased but I have so many photos from the places visited and sighted his brilliant work. Thanks John for such talent!

A great chance to look at a lot of fantastic art. Even the kids were amazed. Sadly just missed John himself when we popped in. Loads of great merch based on John's art. No photos inside but lots to shoot outside and all around the town. Street parking out front

Definitely a must to visit! The artwork here is absolutely fantastic! So glad we dropped in for a look, left with the cutest cow cushion and small print! Free entry to get in a bonus but good luck leaving without buying something!

Travelling Aussies 🇦🇺 Visitors to Lightning Ridge - this is a must visit local gallery 🏆 We found John’s fabulous art to combine scenes of the local outback with familiar birds & animals, along with a uniquely Australian sense of humour ❤️ The gallery has a wide range of thoughtful merchandise available for every budget Highly recommended ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Great gallery. Well played out and John’s artwork is unique, finely detailed and very Australian outback. Staff are friendly and welcoming. If you are looking to purchase something to take home, there is a wide variety on offer affordable to everyone. A must see when you visit Lightning Ridge.

Amazing place to visit A must if you in Lightning Ridge No photos to be taken inside, only outside Great humorous art pieces Prints and original drawings available

This is a must if your in Lightening Ridge. A very talented artist.

The food we had here was absolutely fine and the kitchen got it to the pass in very good time considering how many people were ordering. The facilities look very new and there's not complaint about it. I just can't help but think this place has the loins share of trade in the town, and as such there are very few other options to have a proper evening meal.

Another fantastic Opal event with a vibrant atmosphere and great company. I've attended four now—always brilliantly run. Sadly, the food this year didn’t match the standard; underwhelming in both taste and presentation. That said, huge praise to the hardworking committee and outstanding floor and bar staff!

Excellent lunch & dinner food and service. As visitors to the area we were blown away, as it's on par with city Bowls Clubs. My daughter loved the futuristic bathrooms. Everyone loved their food & drinks. Fun local artwork on the walls with enjoying, showing off the local lifestyle. Joining as a member is worth it, and very cheap.

This place is quite large and the staff etc are great and efficient. You do have to sign in and become a member, which offers you a discount. No problem it's a quick and easy process. We had 1 lunch here and two dinners. The food was always consistent and fantastic. The best chips ever. I had the steak, salad, chips and gravy and my husband said this was the best Snapper he ever had. He also had a curry that was fantastic. I think NSW has the best chips in the world. On another occasion I had the roast beef and gravy roll for lunch. There is an outdoor area for smokers, where you can watch the tv or have a drink etc. Wine is reasonably priced.

Typical country pup. Friendly staff. Good food and cold beer. Nice beer garden.

After a few days remote and traveling solo, this club felt like a real treat. I had a great visit. The prices were reasonable and the Supreme Pizza I had was fab. My taste buds were loving it! $5 membership card gets you in which also gives you a $3 voucher to use, which I forgot about Doh!

The food was ok. Wouldn’t say it was bad. But nice. The young lady at the food area. Was on a bad day I think. The bar staff and front of house were great. As a no. Member helps in what had to be done. You pay $3 for a casual member. Then get $3 off of your beer or food. The only thing was no schooler of beer. But the beers are nice and cold. Got to love that

A market was running on the day which was packed full of vendors, great day. Stopped in at the visitor information center at lightening ridge, very informative, pamphlets and souvenirs available. Recommend to drop in and have a chat about the best areas to go noodling.

If you’ve watched opal miners on tv then you have an idea of lightning Ridge. Although you have an idea nothing can prepare you for your visit. Local community and mining communities too. Make shift homes on gravel beds with off grid living. Piles of white chalky dirt show the results of underground excavation.

Went there 4 times as it was worth giving feedback. The Miners Hall of fame new feature has been open only 3 weeks and it was our favourite thing in Lightning Ridge. Great information, friendly and knowledgeable . Thanks heaps.

Great setup and the people running it are full of knowledge. Very friendly and definitely the first place you should visit when coming to the area. Great range of souvenirs.

Go here before doing anything in Lightning Ridge. Your one stop shop on all the tour information. Car door tours are a must, we did all 5 and enjoy seeing areas in Lightning Ridge that we would have missed. Markets are held in the carpark on Sunday morning from 8am. Lovely place for a break with lunch or morning tea, with clean toilets while your driving around town.

Very helpful and friendly staff at visitor centre. A lot of information and free maps for self guided tour. A free opal forseeking area outside the centre. Sunday market is located in the car park nearby, 7am -12pm every Sunday, March to November.

Absolutely love Lightning Ridge and Grawin. Beautiful spot to visit. Great camping. Lots to do. Just make sure you don't go on someone's leased area. If you want to know where you can fossick. Get in touch with the local mines department 🙂

The "deluxe" beef burger was the saddest looking thing. I don't think the price was justified, however it was tasty and had a decent amount of sauce. Friendly service at the counter and not many other eateries open in town so I was grateful to find this place

Love Steve’s usually. Asked for a cheesy hotdog with extra sauce… this is the result. Umm, how? Did the cap fall off? Must’ve🤦‍♀️ Great presentation guys… 🙄… do I get more than 1 napkin in the bag next time?

Delicious burgers. We had the Old School Burger, Smokey BBQ Burger, and potato scallops. The burgers were yum with great buns, plenty of filling, and a tasty, large meat patty. The potato scallops were huge with crispy batter. Definitely recommend Steve’s Takeaway.

Also had the old school burger, excellent taste, great value for money! Totally recommend. Sorry didn't stop to take a photo!

The 4 burgers we got were all bloody great! Not greasy, and actually tasted fresh! Chips were crispy too! The guy who served us was friendly enough...

Best burger I've tasted in ages. Had the plain old Aussie Classic, with beetroot and sauce dripping down my chin. Best.

The food was amazing had a steak sandwich I struggled to eat it. It was so big but but very delicious and fresh.

Just way too much butter on asparagus. Veal scallopine funghi portion was very small. Our group had lamb shank which was ok, but everyone agreed that ossobuco was better. In regards to steamed veggies that came with the meal - carrots were undercooked, celery - not even steamed. The pizza deserves its own mention—while the ingredients themselves were flavorful, the dough was tough and appeared burnt in spots (refer to pictures), based on the texture and appearance, it seemed the wood-fired oven wasn’t hot enough, preventing the dough from rising properly. Quite disappointing… Overall, it was an okay experience, but it felt like just a few simple adjustments could have made it a great one. P. S. Getting staff’s attention was not an easy task. P.P.S. The food took a long time to arrive, though this isn’t reflected in the overall rating.

A delightful evening. Food was outstanding. Staff were very attentive and friendly. Great service. My wife had the Egg plant parmigiana and I had the Fettuccine al salmoni. Delicious. Top marks team Bruno’s

My wife and I enjoyed a garlic bread and then a Capricosia pizza that was Delicious. Traditional hand spun and wood fired, the pizza base was perfect and the toppings were full flavoured. The food was accompanied by some good wine as well, my Grant Burge Shiraz really hit the spot! Can't recommend highly enough...

Had a meal at the restaurant after other things got in the way of cooking at the caravan Nice restaurant and the food was good I had a pork chop dish which was really nice My wife had a chicken Caesar salad but had trouble finding the chicken but it was tasty

I rarely put a review up, but this was appalling and disgusting. We went off peoples google reviews for this restaurant especiallyadvertising woodfire pizzas.....big mistake!! We booked for 6.10pm on a Tuesday night. It took 1 1/2 hours for our food to arrive (we ordered 1x penne bolognaise and 2x pizzas). Other people had the same experience of having to wait over 1 hour and left (we were near the front counter so we heard all of the conversations). Food was terrible: the pasta was terribly salty (we had 2 mouthfuls out of hunger and couldn't eat the rest-we sent it back to the kitchen).🤢 The pizzas were just as bad. The capriccosia they forgot the olives and we left 1/2 of one pizza and ate most of the other out of hunger. *we stopped past the ampol to buy a roast beef sandwich (which we should have done in the 1st place). To the owners of bruno's, don't seat customers if you're inundated with food orders, and the "chefs" should be trying the food before sending it out (the pasta tasted as if a 10yr old had tried to cook it and accidentally poured in the container of salt).

We enjoyed a very pleasant dinner at Bruno's last evening. Table-service was quick, friendly and efficient; and our meals were absolutely delicious - authentic taste, well-seasoned and generous serves. The tiramisu was a real stand-out!

Pasta was ok our pizza, supposed to be an entree, came out 15 minutes after we finished eating our mains. Drinks were barely cool. Got over charged and didn't notice until we left and added up our meal costs. No table service. Not recommended.

We got there at 7:30pm and was told all pizzas are sold out for the day. Very disappointing since the reviews are all saying how good the pizzas are here. We ended up ordering the lamb shank, eye fillet and parmigiana, which took over an hour to come out. luckily food is decent enough, which is what i gave 3 stars for. will i come back? maybe, considering there isn't much else to choose from in this small town, this is probably the best you can get around here, but will definitely come earlier next time to try the so famous pizza.

Although we were told it was open for take-away only we were pleased to be able to dine in. Good range of meals available. I had lamb shanks which was nice, hubby had the brunette and Tagliatelle Boscaiola (large serve) which was very nice and rich - very large portion which we brought home leftovers. Dessert was Affogato (3 scoops of Icecream!) and Pannacotta (not enough vanilla and bit too thick for me). Service to take our order was a bit slow, but then meals came out nice and fast, and hot. Waitresses were friendly.

The food were delicious... When it arrived more than an hour after we eventually managed to place our order. I feel really sorry for the floor staff as they definitely need more staff and an organised system to get people seated with wine glasses, water and menus. This could have been a 5+ star rating with better organisation and more staff

Absolutely a great Italian restaurant in the middle of Lightning Ridge.. authentic and full of flavor Well done We would definatly go again.. tiramisu to die for.

Quality food and restraunt with hard working chefs. This reastraunt is probably the highest quality place to eat in Lightingridge although the service is not lightning fast which is the reason why I'm giving Piccolo's a 4 out of 5.

What a lovely surprise. Excellent food from a Sydney chef who has moved to the Outback. We enjoyed our pasta meals so much on night 1 that we came back again for our second night to try the duck and chicken dishes. We were not disappointed. Highly recommended.

The food was delicious i had seafood marinara could not fault it cook to perfection

Really disappointed with this! We ordered vegetarian Singapore noodles which were gluggy and flavourless, combination Szechuan with none of the meat cooked through and smelling rancid and a special friend rice that was very clearly pre packed into takeaway tubs and then re heated. An absolute waste of $50 - if I weren't leaving town at 6am I would demand my money back.

Had combination black bean and small rice for 1 person, $25+ It was OK and just around the corner from the caravan park. Recommend you shop around.

I'd say a 3.5 as we got there "late" (1950 hrs) for Lightning Ridge, and here we are back at our motel at 2030. Very pleasant staff, and food was very tasty. Cash only. Would go again.

(Translated by Google) There are such friendly and touching Chinese restaurants in such remote places (Original) 喺咁偏嘅地方都有咁親切感嘅中餐館