Butterfly Avenue in Lightning Ridge

Butterfly Avenue in Walgett Shire Council is an asphalted residential street. It runs in a southeast-northwest direction starting from Nettleton Drive and crosses Fantasia Street, Red Robin Street and Opal Street and ends at Fred Reece Way.

Road Type
residential street
Route
southeast-northwest

Attraction

  • Bottle House – approx. 450 m.
  • Amigos Castle – approx. 800 m.
  • The Opal Cave – approx. 1,2 km.
  • Lightning Ridge Mining Centre – approx. 1,3 km.
  • Gem Opal Pottery – approx. 1,3 km.
  • The Big Opal – approx. 2,1 km.

Post offices

  • Lightning Ridge Post Office at Morilla Street 46 – approx. 1,2 km.

Police stations

  • Ligntning Ridge Police (New South Wales Police Force) – approx. 1,2 km.

Museum

  • John Murray Art Gallery – approx. 1,1 km.
  • Wallangulla Museum – approx. 1,1 km.
  • Cooper's Cottage – approx. 1,1 km.
  • Black Opal Museum – approx. 1,1 km.
  • The Goondee (opening hours: 9–17, web) at Pandora Street 94 – approx. 1,3 km.

Library

  • Lightning Ridge Library – approx. 1000 m.

Tourist information offices

  • Lightning Ridge Visitor Information Centre (opening hours: Mon–Sun 9–17) – approx. 1,2 km.

Jewellers

  • Opal Cave – approx. 1,2 km.

Campsite

  • Lightning Ridge Caravan Park – approx. 1000 m.
  • Bore Baths-Lightning Ridge – approx. 2,2 km.
  • Lorne Station – approx. 2,7 km.

Doctor's office

  • Lightning Ridge Community Health Centre – approx. 800 m.

Supermarkets

  • IGA Supermarket – approx. 850 m.

Motel

  • Bluey Motel (limited wheelchair access) at Morilla Street 32 (2834) – approx. 1,1 km.

Bus stops

  • Morilla St opp Lightning Ridge Post Office – approx. 1,2 km.

Viewpoint

  • Lunatic Hill Open Cut – approx. 3,1 km.