Digging for Opals in the Australian Outback | White Cliffs, NSW
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ธ.ค. 2024
- This video is about our recent trip to White Cliffs, NSW, Australia where our main goal was to dig for opals. We had such an adventure. White Cliffs is a gem in itself, the people, the scenery, the experience, more precious than opals. And the opal fields were so unique and amazing. We stayed there for over 2 weeks. Each night, weather permitting, we would wait until the sun went down and then visit the opal fields, where we would dig in the piles for opals. Using a black light torch, the opals were hard to find but easy to see. But beware the black light torches also show up any organic matter, including kangaroo and rabbit poop and other interesting specimens, like scorpions, spiders and tonnes of little bugs. So be careful before you put that opal in your mouth.
We loved digging for opals and the opal fields had such a wonderful feel to them. It was incredibly peaceful at night, in the pitch black. And it was so exciting when we found opals.
A word of warning, I would not recommend taking children to the opal fields. In the middle of each round pile are mines, some so deep that it would surely end in disaster if you fell in.
We've only been back a few days. We came back with a lot of opals, which included a lot of potch (colourless opals). However, we have quite a few with colour, including a few exciting bits. We are going to rejoin our local gem club and using the special wheels grind the surface layer off to see what we found. I'll post a video about that when we're done.
We had a lovely Xmas Day and a fun New Years Eve with the locals of White Cliffs. I have never visited such a friendly town, and I have travelled and lived in many parts of Australia.
White Cliffs is indeed a Gem, one that should be preserved.
The locals realise the importance of tourism, so if you happen to visit, and if you can afford it, a good idea is to spend a little money in the township. It doesn't have to be much, but it helps the town and the people.
Once a week, there is a bus that you can catch that takes you to the town of Broken Hill. It is a 3-hour journey, each way, and it will set you back $10 per person. We visited Broken Hill this way.
White Cliffs has an ageing population, and many people who live there, have never looked for opals. They just like living there.
I hope you enjoy this video, I'm back to cooking for my next video, but it was fun putting this one together. Thanks so much for watching, it encourages me to keep going with this channel.
Best wishes,
Lee.
p.s. Thank you, White Cliffs, for having us, we'll be back.
@leescooking
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Keep on on the path of golden planks .
Blessed the flow of it lo
Thanks for commenting, but I'm not quite sure what you mean 😉
What is great trip. My grown sons have had a few holidays adventures with friends, fossicking for opals and gold. Always enjoyed themselves. I have just found your podcast and loving your recipes. Thank you sharing.😊
Thank you so much. It was a wonderful trip, we loved it, and it was so exciting finding those opals. I bet your sons love it, it would be so easy to get addicted to that lifestyle. 😄 I'm glad you are enjoying the recipes, comments like this give me the encouragement to keep going. Thanks once again.
Super ❤
Mike the new internet star :)
yeah I know, he's a natural but so hard to get on camera 😆
Ein super Erlebnis...
Es war definitiv ein Abenteuer. Danke.
far out, 2 weeks in White Cliffs is mental
we loved it, even thinking of buying a dug out at one stage :)
Haha....200kms to get some "rocks". Mike is very funny, but....he's a lucky man to have you in his life, now, isn't he? What a nice adventure. 😄😄😄
Oh, thank you so much for your lovely words. Mike is funny. This Christmas we're headed to another really isolated outback town to find more opals, I'll try to take a video of the trip. The population where we're headed is 3 people. ❤
Happy hunting! 🤗🍀🍀🍀
@@HeleneWheatfield0549 thank you
What a great video and cool channel. I'm planning on a week out there (in a swag) in a few months. Cheers. :)
Thanks mate....we loved it, it was such an adventure, you'll have a great time I'm sure...gotta love a swag
Mum stuffed it up one by deciding to use the leaft over Chinese take out fried rice .😮 oh no ,😅 it went bad ,the riced was probably already second time cooked given to us and we went for a 3rd time .not lucky.😂😂😂
How come no mining out there for the last five years ?
Something to do with native title.
IS THAT BELL
YESSSSSSSS...... :)
@@leescooking pretty cool town
Yeah we loved it, we stopped for lunch on the way and the way back
@@Christopher_HH