GALLERY

Some photos of some of our buying trips, opal photos and outback adventures.

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  • Large opal Speciman
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  • Gem Quality Boulder Opal
  • Close up of "The Red River"
  • The Red River 600+ct Boulder Opal
  • A drawing I did of Dad when I was about 6 years old!
  • "Avatar"
  • Not your ordinary office - opal sorting on the back of a truck
  • Beautiful Boulder
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  • Sunset Ridge - a very special place
  • Just an emu walking down the main road...
  • Campfire near Cunnamulla
  • Beautiful large specimen of Boulder Opal
  • "The Red River" 600ct Natural Queensland Boulder Opal
  • The outback roads Near Lightning Ridge white with opal dirt
  • "Avatar"
  • Gemtec-Opals-Test
  • Taking a break on the looooong road
  • Max Lane next to his Plane on an outback runway
  • We were treated to a meal by campfire during our visit. Watching the sun set out here was really something.
  • Bath with a view!
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  • Pit stop
  • Meeting a local goanna
  • A sunset like you've never seen….
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  • How to make a cup of tea in outback Queensland
  • Red dust
  • After camping the night before this was like staying in a 5 star hotel!
  • Loo with a view
  • Finding the opal seam underground with divining rods.
  • Cunnamulla River
  • Outback road rules
  • Lightning Ridge Road
  • Bath with a view!
  • Sunset Ridge
  • The finished opal. Each piece is truly unique
  • White earth near Lightning ridge
  • Dirt roads in the outback
  • Fire by the riverside
  • Driving on an outback dirt highway
  • Lightning Ridge Road signs
  • This baby goat was found by the roadside after its mum had been hit by a car so the opal miners adopted it.
  • Inside an underground mine - Lightning ridge
  • An outback Opal Mine near Cunnamulla, QLD
  • It is tough to navigate when baby goats eat part of your map!
  • Max looking at rough boulder
  • Inspecting specimens
  • Driving near Lightning Ridge - miners camps in the background
  • Seams of boulder in the rough
  • Max sorting through some rough opals
  • Moving a barrel of rough boulder opal ready to load onto the plane
  • Further cutting to reveal bright seams of opal
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  • Open cut Boulder opal mine - Outback Queensland
  • Open cut Opal Mine
  • Rough Boulder Opal
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  • Robson our opal cutter looking through the rough