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<blockquote data-quote="loamer" data-source="post: 43959" data-attributes="member: 981"><p>There are three declared areas for prospecting in SA in the Adelaide Hills - Jupiter Creek (Echunga), Chapel Hill (Echunga) and Mt Crawford. Castambul is all private land (its now just an intersection of two roads) with about 100 or so metres of the Torren's River catchment area that is accessible but a lot of blackberries. 99% of all Adelaide Hill diggings are on private land or under current mining operations. The Barossa Valley Goldfield is still in its original diggings condition of the rushes but out of bounds. You have to pay daily/yearly to go on Mt Crawford and its a pine forest and a lot is locked off and the state parks in the hills are no go areas on a total fire-ban day. The Flinder's Ranges is an absolute NO GO. There are areas a lot further north which the South Aussies may know if they are under current lease (Teetulpa etc).</p><p></p><p>Now you get the idea why most of the South Aussies come over here to Victoria or go to the west. Some of the South Aussies may know some spots close to Adelaide but jeez its hard going for those folk and they deserve every bit of gold they can find.</p><p></p><p>PS - At the Victoria Mine at Castambul they only ever got 24 ounces (that's declared gold). they made a broach for Queen Victoria with it. SA made more money from the Victroian gold rushes than they ever did from their own.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="loamer, post: 43959, member: 981"] There are three declared areas for prospecting in SA in the Adelaide Hills - Jupiter Creek (Echunga), Chapel Hill (Echunga) and Mt Crawford. Castambul is all private land (its now just an intersection of two roads) with about 100 or so metres of the Torren's River catchment area that is accessible but a lot of blackberries. 99% of all Adelaide Hill diggings are on private land or under current mining operations. The Barossa Valley Goldfield is still in its original diggings condition of the rushes but out of bounds. You have to pay daily/yearly to go on Mt Crawford and its a pine forest and a lot is locked off and the state parks in the hills are no go areas on a total fire-ban day. The Flinder's Ranges is an absolute NO GO. There are areas a lot further north which the South Aussies may know if they are under current lease (Teetulpa etc). Now you get the idea why most of the South Aussies come over here to Victoria or go to the west. Some of the South Aussies may know some spots close to Adelaide but jeez its hard going for those folk and they deserve every bit of gold they can find. PS - At the Victoria Mine at Castambul they only ever got 24 ounces (that's declared gold). they made a broach for Queen Victoria with it. SA made more money from the Victroian gold rushes than they ever did from their own. [/QUOTE]
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