Lighning Ridge is a very interesting place, if visiting I would
like to offer you an alternative way to enter town from the main
highway. Use the waypoint listed below and head towards the cache
location.
You are now travelling along one of the "unofficial" roads in an
area known as "The Camps". After finding the cache you can continue
to follow the road past the airport and into town. A far more
interesting introduction to Lightning Ridge than the normal main
road into town!
Each one of the "Houses" that you are driving past is on a
mining claim and is owned by someone either seeking their fortune
or enjoying the peace and sollitude that Lightning Ridge can offer.
Each plot of land is known as a "Camp". Unlike other areas of NSW
and Australia all of this land is leased on a system called
"Western Land Leases" You can learn all about them here.
http://www.dnr.nsw.gov.au/western/pdf/lightning_ridge.pdf