Fossicking & Exploring the Opal Fields

Fossicking & Exploring the Opal Fields So many visitors are keen to head out onto the fields to fossick the mullock heaps in the quest for opal, but many have little idea of where they can go safely and without encroaching on registered claims. It is important...

Mining Andamooka Opal

Discovery of the Andamooka Opal Field In 1872 a pastoral lease was taken out for Andamooka Station and 58 years later in 1930 two boundary riders; Sam Brookes and Roy Shepperd found opal at the site now known as Treloars Hill. The story goes that they were caught in a...

Discover Opal

Discover Opal The ability of opal to contain and reflect all the colours of the rainbow in a single stone remains somewhat of a mystery, which is why so many myths have arisen about this precious gemstone over the centuries dating back as far as ancient Egyptians....