Lightning Ridge has the largest known deposits of black opals in the world.

At the 2006 census, Lightning Ridge had a population of 2,602 people.

The traditional owners of the land around Lightning Ridge are the Yuwaalaraay people.

Lightning Ridge hosted an annual goat race in the town's main street and a rodeo on the Easter long weekend until 2011.

Some artists have settled in and around Lightning Ridge.

Lightning Ridge is an important paleontological site, with fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period, 110 million years ago.

Cat skiing moved to Lightning Ridge accessing an additional 700 acres (2.8 km2).

He said goodbye to his father on the slope of Lightning Ridge.

He was in his own Lightning Ridge now, a place where the laws of civilization were either ignored or deliberately mocked.

Hebel is close to the well known opal mines of Lightning Ridge.