Coober Pedy: Down & Dirty Opal Digging Half Day Tour
- Duration
- 4 Hours
- Prices:
- On request
The tour includes an informative, instructional, and entertaining video on opal mining to open up the mysterious world of discovering the stone of fire, "The Coober Pedy Opal". Visit a working mine field to understand the various styles of opal mining, and to relive the hardship and joy of earlier times of Opal mining. Enter the Quest Mine where you will be supplied with a hard hat, torch and handpick. Get down and get dirty fossicking for your own fortune and you have access to the "Jewellers Shop" mullock heaps for an experience in noodling (fossicking). Experience the safe, fun, informative way to mine your own opal.
Duration: 4 Hours
Departs: 8 a.m. - Returns: noon
From: Coober Pedy