The Gemfields

Lots of old inventive hand-made mining contraptions are still out on the mining claims. We loved driving around here. What an eye-opener!

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THE GEMFIELDS

June 13th 2011
We Want To Be Gem Fossickers! Maybe only for a couple of weeks just for the experience. Will try to make it back here sometime so that Peter can dig me up a nice yellow sapphire or 2. (It's the only way I'll probably ever get one) Anyway we came very close to catching "fossicking fever" but fought it and only stayed a couple of days. The hundreds of little mining claims just past Ruby ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Sapphire

Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more

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