Uploaded October 2018 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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A (shaky) video tour of Lightning Ridge in 1988, courtesy of my late father, David Gawthorpe. I believe he filmed this with his new toy, a Sony Video-8 Camcorder, to show his family at Christmas '88.

This isn't a 'normal' IDU video, this is just an opportunity to archive a piece of Lightning Ridge history for posterity and the fun of it.

Elephants in the room:
- I've edited the video a bit. There was a lot of crazy ground shooting and super shaky cam sections that were just hard to watch.
- I've censored a few names that were mentioned, just to ensure privacy.
- I've also removed a few uncouth bits of commentary.
- Oh, yeah. Cancer sucks. Whack the donate button: https://www.cancer.org.au

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