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    Frazers Creek Sapphires

    7 Reviews
    #13 of 17 things to do in Inverell
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    Kings Plain Road, Inverell, New South Wales, Australia
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    “Amazing scenery, lovely hosts, and struck gold ”

    Or sapphires ;) we found on our second visit that we hit the jackpot, about 10 stones of really... read more

    Reviewed December 21, 2015
    Amy K
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    Frankston, Australia
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    “Great size stones to be found an lots of em”

    To all i can say this is a great place for kids an mums an dads you can stay in a cabin an have... read more

    Reviewed April 12, 2014
    DAZZ010
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    Inverell, Australia
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    Dec 21, 2015
    “Amazing scenery, lovely hosts, and struck gold ”
    May 20, 2014
    “A memory from 1963.”
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    Reviewed December 21, 2015 via mobile
    Amazing scenery, lovely hosts, and struck gold

    Or sapphires ;) we found on our second visit that we hit the jackpot, about 10 stones of really good quality. It's best to go on bright sunny days, have patience. We've found a variety of colors too. I'm looking forward to going again soon!

    1  Thank Amy K
    Reviewed May 20, 2014
    A memory from 1963.

    I had just turned 7. My dad had passed away 2 years previous. My dad's friend was a pommie looking for a place to move to, so he moved in with us. He bought a brand new 1963 Nissan Cedric Ststion wagon. It was packed...More

    3  Thank Julie579
    Reviewed April 12, 2014
    Great size stones to be found an lots of em

    To all i can say this is a great place for kids an mums an dads you can stay in a cabin an have an out door spa in the arvos afther going out an collecting sapphires my son today found some very good size...More

    2  Thank DAZZ010
    Reviewed March 17, 2014
    Woohoo its open again....now called Billabong Blue

    Re-opened as Billabong Blue this is the best place to fossick for sapphires in the Inverell area. Just a bit further down the road from 7 Oaks is this amazing place. Unlike 7 Oaks one can easily drive to the fossick area. Continue down kings...More

    9  Thank Bastian F
    Reviewed October 21, 2013
    The best sapphires...pity its closed (at the mo anyway)

    I went here in 2012 and it was better than everywhere else when it comes to fossicking parks. The pile of wash is dry and not muddy unlike Seven Oaks down the raod. You dry sieve first and then wash which is better than trying...More

    5  Thank Bastian F
    Reviewed September 24, 2012
    Found a great piece of sapphire

    we liked this place so much we came back twice and stayed all day. Bring your own water and food. We had a picnic lunch and then back to the fossicking. The excitement for our kids was seeing the big brown snake (who was shot...More

    3  Thank zampdean
    Reviewed May 29, 2011
    Frazers Creek Sapphires - fun for the family

    You know those things that you do because the kids want to – but in the end it is so much fun that you wonder why you haven’t done it before?… Well going sapphire fossicking was one of them. Frazers Creek Sapphires is about 20km...More

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