I'd like you to meet Lucy.
Lucy Di Paolo is an award winning photojournalist that was bequeathed a small property from her mother when she sadly passed away.
This property, was not your average property though. No house, No bathroom or real cooking facilities, no heating or cooling, not too unusual for so many people around the world, but for Lucy, coming from Melbourne, it was a bit of a culture shock as this property was not only very VERY Off-grid, but was in a foreign place in a remote and isolated mining town called Lightening Ridge.
Famous for its Black Opal—the rarest gem in the world—and its surreal, almost lunar "white" landscape of mine tailings and makeshift dwellings, Lightning Ridge is unlike anywhere else.
It's harsh, strange, and full of character. And it was here, amid the dust, the silence, and the eccentric characters, that Lucy began to unravel her mother's story—and, in turn, discover her own.
I will now let Lucy tell her own tale of love, loss, passion, compassion, awe and inspiration as she leaves the comfort of city life to travel with her 2 dogs to this remote of remote mining towns to find out why her mother had become so enamoured by the stunning, but alien landscape, the relentless dust and the unforgiving weather extremes in her chase to find the rare black opal.
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