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Had a great time at Billabong Blue, and found heaps of stones, at least one cutter. Well set up and easy fossicking :cool:

Lyrica has given me my life back. I have a congenital malformation of the lower spine, which along with arthritis, gives me sciatica-type pain 24/7, but particularly at night. Before Lyrica, I was miserable, inactive and chronically sleep-deprived. Now I can physically do at least as much as...

We had planned to do a couple of days fossicking for sapphire at Lava Plains over the long weekend, and as there is no camping permitted on Lava Plains station nowadays, we thought we would give Pinnarendi Station Stay and Cafe a go. I contacted Nadine on Facebook to book our sites, and as we...

I'm happy to send you some topaz to practice on, as long as you send me back the successes after you have 'scienced' them sufficiently... :cool:

Having had a chance to closely inspect our dozens of Inverell sapphires, we discovered that at least one of them should be cuttable- a healthy 15.4ct rough. It is royal blue when view along the crystal (top to bottom), and warm green when viewed side to side. I'm hoping to find a local gemcutter...

We've just returned from our sojourn down south. Spent 6 nights at Coffs Harbour (a gift from a friend), and found it was 2 nights too many- not much to do in the area, miserable weather and lots of the attractions we wanted to visit were closed. 3 nights at Glen Innis, beautiful cold weather...

Our son and partner are heading up to Innot Hot Springs this weekend, as she has just completed her Uni degree and starts a new job next week. What better way to unwind than to head up Mt Gibson and scratch up some topaz? Then you return to camp, grab a beer and soak in the hot springs pools...

Well, gearing up to go south and apparently it is going to be wet and cold- not the sort of weather you would choose for a badly needed holiday. The challenge will be fitting in respectable clothes required for sightseeing, and the old faithfuls required for prospecting sapphires- not to mention...

Thanks, Doug. Had already found those spots on google, just not knowing what happens in winter in these cold places :-). Went to Tassie 2 years back to see the sights, in low season (August), because that was when we could get away. Marvelous snow, dramatic winter scenery, but majority of the...

I and family have been fossickers since 1972ish, starting with sapphires in the Anakie, Qld, area, and then after migrating north when I was in high school, we have frequented the topaz, aquamarine, sapphire, quartz fields at Mt Gibson and Mt Surprise etc. Hubby and I are having a week in Coffs...