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Category: Queensland

Location

Barcaldine – QLD

We stopped in at Barcaldine for lunch and to checkout the town where my mum was born. We saw the Tree of Knowledge where the Labour Party was formed during a sheerer’s strike in

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Sapphire Caravan Park – QLD

We had a great stay at the caravan park in Sapphire, they were friendly new owners and the park had everything we needed. The number one was a shaded pool to cool down each

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Policemans Knob – QLD

The oldest known volcanic basalt plug in the world, makes a great place to view sunrise or sunset in the area. It’s located 15 minutes from Sapphire. A volcanic plug, also called a volcanic

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Activity

Fossicking – QLD

We head out to a place called Washpool to try our hand at finding sapphires out in the bush. We only found a few tiny ones, but loved scratching around in the dirt. #fossicking

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Pat’s Gems – Gemfields – QLD

We had a great morning at Pat’s Gems learning how to sieve sapphire wash, and identify the gems verses rocks. The kids enjoyed the whole experience, its a great setup for families, there’s a

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The Gem Fields – QLD

We spent a great 3 days in the Gemfields Sapphire & Rubyvale. We joined an underground mine tour with Heritage Mines, learned to sieve for Sapphires at Pats Gems, tried our hand out on

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Springsure – QLD – Lunch Stop

A good stop from Carnarvon to Emerald is the Springsure Rest area (Virgin Rock). There’s room to park vans, toilets, cool mountains to look at and sometimes a food van. We grabbed some ice-creams,

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Activity

Mickey Creek Gorge walk – QLD

Our last walk in Carnarvon National Park was the Mickey Creek Gorge, a cool narrow Gorge that’s about 3km return. The kids loved rock hopping through the walk way. This was the easiest and

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