Rubyvale Qld 25 July 2019
Rubyvale Qld 25 July 2019 Today we join the ranks of the fossickers and miners, all chasing that elusive bit of colour. We decided to go on a tag-along tour, mostly because they know where to go and what to do, and they have all the equipment. We went with Fascinations Tours, organised through the Fascination Gems shop in Rubyvale. So at 830am we met the tour guide and the rest of the hopefuls at Anakie, back out on the highway. Meeting fellow fossickers, Anakie Qld Note Treasure map behind! Maybe half-a-dozen vehicles followed Keith out and onto the Capricorn Highway for 20 km, then down a side road for 11 kilometres to The Willows Fossicking Grounds Road down to The Willows Gemfields, Qld And then another turn down the side of a side road to the 'diggins'. Track into the actual diggings. Willows, Qld Once on-site Kieth gave us a very thorough run-through of the basics: dig, tumble, wash, examine. Repeat till exhausted. The theory is that we are standin...