The Min Min Light takes its name from the old Min Min Hotel about 75 kilometres east of Boulia where the light was first observed about a hundred years ago. The light is described as a hovering luminescent ball, said to be similar in size to a car headlight except that it is a small ball. It appears in random places and at random times; most reports indicate it is one to two metres above the ground and moves horizontally; some observers say they thought the light was an approaching car at first, then realised it was noiseless and moving across ground that no wheeled vehicle could negotiate. It may follow, or approach, travellers.



All reports agree that it make no noise.



Many theories have been advanced for the cause of the Min Min Light; none has been successfully proven. The unpredictability of the light is a major factor in the lack of an explanation.



One of the first recorded sightings of the light was by Henry G Lamond in 1912. Lamond was the manager of Warenda Station just east of Boulia. He was riding at about midnight on a cold night when;







“Suddenly a light appeared on the road ahead of me. It appeared to be about half a mile away when I first saw it. It wasn’t a car light – cars weren’t common out in this country then. It was greenish in colour, just about the size of a car headlight. It floated rather than travelled, and it cast a glow all around instead of cutting a light ahead like a car light would have done.....The light approached straight towards us and got so close I could see a small beetle pushing its way through the hairs on my arms. Then phut – just like that the light went out.”



