A quick trip to the valley

[shivan]

Met up with Bazza today to go for a drive and check out a few spots. Spent a bit of time at the bridge having a poke around. Managed to find a few interesting rocks and had a great day out, though I think barry got rock of the day with a nice piece of green jasper.





After that went for a drive to check out a spot Bazza had been looking at but unfortunately due to all the rain the road was closed, so we went for a bit of an explore instead.







Found a few fossils in some mudstone but nothing worth keeping.



After I got home took a few pics of my rocks wet and dry. Rocks are jasper, coal, petrified wood, chalcedony and agate as well as some tuff.

 

[AtomRat]

Looks like you blokes had a great day and I'm glad you finally got out shivan and what finds to have since its been a while! Great colors and size..I'm sure the bag was heavy Fossils even..great trip guys

 

[shivan]

Was a great day out, unlike bazza .....I went for quantity over quality So had to make an extra trip back down as my bag was still in the car :8 managed to fill the bag, so the trip back up was no fun

 

[Explorer385]

Looks like a few of those will cut and tumble nice.
Looking forward to seeing your "after" pictures.

Terry

 

[Martin]

Great photos, looks like you had a fun day!

 

[shivan]

Thanks guys.
Explorer if I can get the petrified wood to come anywhere close to how nice yours looked I will be happy.

 

[DrDuck]

Well done Shivan.

I spent a couple of weeks a few K's downstream of the bridge over three years or so back in the early 70's. Found lots of petrified wood and jasper, but the agate was elusive.

 

[shivan]

G'day DrDuck, honestly I was not sure if there would be much to be found anymore, but was happy to see there are still some nice rocks to be found. I only found two small pieces of agate and you can only really see it when it is wet and in good light, still put a smile on my face though

 

[YIPPEKAIAY]

If you want agates your best off at bellata nsw near morree theyre all over the gravel roads n some really nice specimens as well

 

[shivan]

Cheers for that, would love to make it up that way and have a look. Any idea how far from Armidale it is?

 

[YIPPEKAIAY]

Bout 3 hours but if you like agates then ul love this place

 

[shivan]

Cheers, may see what I can do next time I am up that way.

Popped over to the valley again today with the wife. Went downstream of the bridge this time, was a beautiful day. After poking round with my wife for a bit and trying to show her what to look for, I decided to go for a wade and look in the water. Was nice to cool off and I also made a few more nice finds, including a nice slither of agate and a decent size piece of petrified wood. Some of the rocks appear to be pitch stone and one piece looks very close to obsidian. Wife managed a few good finds too including and interesting piece of quartz.