We have chocolate or fire opals… We also have the hydrophane ... While a person can bathe with a hard, rugged Australian opal, Ethiopian opals demand more diligence due to their relative fragility.

Northwest communities around the Lightning Ridge opal fields are now better protected from bushfires following the Minns Labor Government's completion ...

A firefighting aircraft released a wave of red retardant over the Narran Lake Rd Fire as crews worked to contain the blaze, which has burned through 2,870 hectares northwest of Walgett. Ground teams, ...