Rain is unveiling unusual opals in this wilderness town — and a opportunity to ‘noodle’ for riches

Rain in the outback South Australian town of Andamooka usually comes with the promise of rare opals washing up — prompting locals to walk the streets with buckets, in search of newly unveiled rock and stones. Leila Day, chair of the Andamooka Opal Fields Tourism Association, stumbled across an opal find after this week’s downpour.…