Share this postRidge gets tough on opal ratters, Lightning Ridge, The Weekend Australian, 13 July, 1996. Picture Russell Shakespeare.asenseofplacemagazine.substack.comCopy linkFacebookEmailNoteOtherThe Journalism of John StapletonRidge gets tough on opal ratters, Lightning Ridge, The Weekend Australian, 13 July, 1996. Picture Russell Shakespeare.A Sense of Place MagazineJul 14, 1996Share this postRidge gets tough on opal ratters, Lightning Ridge, The Weekend Australian, 13 July, 1996. Picture Russell Shakespeare.asenseofplacemagazine.substack.comCopy linkFacebookEmailNoteOtherShare