NSW Fossicking Permit Circus

Well...where do I begin? All I want to do is find out who issues the fossicking permits for the Sydney region so I can fax my form in. You'd think it would be easy....oh no! Called 3 different regional offices so far and nobody knows! One office says one thing, the other says another...Head office says "Central issues the permits," but Central says "no we don't"...hmmm

Waiting for a phone call back...

Are you talking about a permit to fossick in state forest?

Did you see Nugget's guide to getting a NSW permit?
It has been updated very recently.
I got mine thru the Dubbo office with no drama.

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3048

Yeah. I guess I should've known - it's a government department and naturally hopeless.

Leah, there are no fossicking permits needed for the Sydney region or any of NSW, you do need a permit to fossick in the state forests though, I'm sure there are no State Forests in Sydney and none worth looking for anything but relics or coins.

Most areas of forest in and around Sydney are National Parks or similar and are No Go areas.

Are you looking for gold areas, gemstones or coin/relics?

Ramjet said:

Did you see Nugget's guide to getting a NSW permit?
It has been updated very recently.
I got mine thru the Dubbo office with no drama.

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3048

Click to expand...

Yeah I did. Filled in only the green sections as stated with "ALL" in the location section. I didn't know where to fax it to, so I tried the Batemans Bay office, turned out to be wrong. Ok, so then I started making calls to find out who looks after the Sydney region....nobody by the looks of it.

I called the Dubbo office. It was the same lady that gave Nugget the info.
But they do all seem confused themselves.

Try Tereene Hill at Dubbo. 6841 4288

Heatho said:

Leah, there are no fossicking permits needed for the Sydney region or any of NSW, you do need a permit to fossick in the state forests though, I'm sure there are no State Forests in Sydney and none worth looking for anything but relics or coins.

Most areas of forest in and around Sydney are National Parks or similar and are No Go areas.

Are you looking for gold areas, gemstones or coin/relics?

Click to expand...

There is a state forest in Sydney - Cumberland State Forest. If I go collecting rocks there, I wanna have a permit cos it's still considered fossicking.

http://www.forestrycorporation.com.au/visiting/forests/cumberland-state-forest

The ladies in the office will probably kill me for saying this, but fax it to the Dubbo Forestry Office (02) 6884 4771, providing you have it filled out correctly with CC details etc, they'll process it for you within 24 hours.

Email Jenny Wasow at forestry NSW Bathurst office & she will bend over backwards to help.,
You can organise & pay over the phone.

[email protected]

You want the Dubbo Office, they are the most organised and have no problem issuing them for every state forest for the whole state.

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3048

Ramjet said:

I called the Dubbo office. It was the same lady that gave Nugget the info.
But they do all seem confused themselves.

Try Tereene Hill at Dubbo. 6841 4288

Click to expand...

Ok I will. Thanks for the info

Leah's Mudpie said:

Heatho said:

Leah, there are no fossicking permits needed for the Sydney region or any of NSW, you do need a permit to fossick in the state forests though, I'm sure there are no State Forests in Sydney and none worth looking for anything but relics or coins.

Most areas of forest in and around Sydney are National Parks or similar and are No Go areas.

Are you looking for gold areas, gemstones or coin/relics?

Click to expand...

There is a state forest in Sydney - Cumberland State Forest. If I go collecting rocks there, I wanna have a permit cos it's still considered fossicking.

http://www.forestrycorporation.com.au/visiting/forests/cumberland-state-forest

Click to expand...

As Nugget suggested, Dubbo office, write "ll" in the SF areas you will be fossicking, you will be covered for the whole state. Hmmm I forgot about Cumberland SF.

^ Your quick Rod :lol:

Ramjet said:

I called the Dubbo office. It was the same lady that gave Nugget the info.
But they do all seem confused themselves.

Try Tereene Hill at Dubbo. 6841 4288

Click to expand...

Hopefully the new online permit system will eliminate all this confusion when it goes live in Jan.

Yes as Ramjet suggested also, Tereene issued mine too.

Ok guys Dubbo it is. Fingers crossed!

Nugget said:

^ Your quick Rod :lol:

Ramjet said:

I called the Dubbo office. It was the same lady that gave Nugget the info.
But they do all seem confused themselves.

Try Tereene Hill at Dubbo. 6841 4288

Click to expand...

Hopefully the new online permit system will eliminate all this confusion when it goes live in Jan.

Click to expand...

I hope so, needs to be streamlined.

We like to help
I emailed mine to Terrene and it was processed in a couple hours.
The online form will hopefully make it easier.

Nugget said:

The ladies in the office will probably kill me for saying this, but fax it to the Dubbo Forestry Office (02) 6884 4771, providing you have it filled out correctly with CC details etc, they'll process it for you within 24 hours.

Click to expand...

Faxed. Thanks Nugget.

Happy to help