PHOTO: Lightning Ridge Bowling Club staff Nerina Haywood, Rata Jackson, Eleanor Beaumont and Dylan Guihot are excited to see their town depicted on its own version of Monopoly, set to be launched this Easter.
FAMILY game night in Lightning Ridge is set to take on a whole new meaning of the phrase ‘close to home’ in a few months’ time.
A former resident of the small Walgett shire township has recently unveiled a special edition of the popular board game Monopoly using locations in the community in place of the traditional spaces.
Glenda Partlett – who recently moved back to Newcastle after living in Lightning Ridge for two years – said she first had the idea to create a Monopoly board dedicated to Lightning Ridge in January 2021…