The Grawin, Sheepyards, Glengarry.... NSW?
These places don't actually exist on yer satnav, they are opal mining fields west of the 'Ridge. West of Camborah actually. This was our destination today, to explore the real opal fields (the ones in town worked out 20 years ago, but the town stayed on and grew). The first place is the Club in the Scrub, a 32 hole golf course, just don't expect to see anything green except gum leaves. It is at a field known as The Grawin and was here in 1968 when me and me mate took our gap-week after finishing school. Further out you come to the Sheepyards, well actually you come to the War Memorial first and 'Lake Beard', then you get to the sheep yards proper, which of course isn't sheep yards anymore, but they do have a decent enough pub complete with train carriage, and wait....markets! The markets were a 3 stall special put on especially for the long weekend. We had a homemade 'pie' here, which looked a lot like a round waffle, but tasted okay. Then we hop...