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LIGHTNING RIDGE: Characters of the Outback, larger than life. Down a black opal mine with jack hammer-wielding miner Vicki Bokros.

THE GRAWIN - A rough and ready mining community west of the Ridge.

NARRAN LAKES: Flooded for the first time in 10 years attracting thousands of waterbirds. Reminders of past aboriginal inhabitants.

WALGETT: Town hero singer Jimmy Little remembered in song by his daughter Frances.

CORINDA: The day singer David Bowie came to this tiny town to record a pop clip remembered with an annual festival, LET'S DANCE.