PHOTO: Last years Easter Sunday Float was one of the highlights of the annual Easter festival
Make sure there’s fuel in your car and coins in your wallet before you head to Lightning Ridge this weekend for the annual Easter Festival on 7-9 April.
The three-day program is jam-packed with events, ranging from bucking bulls and horse racing to treasure hunts and mining challenges.
And of course, it wouldn’t truly be Lightning Ridge without opals around every corner all weekend long.
But with barely a bed to spare in town and the surrounds, organisers of the event say that a day trip out to the ridge for the festival is the best option…