Opal Events, Tours, Mines, Museums and Festivals

Things to do in Australia and how to get there..

Kangaroo Kelly's Genuine Private Air Tours
The Coober Pedy Opal Rush
Corporate Jet - commuter turbo prop - light aircraft

Into the heart of Australia
Story of one person's trek into the Australian Outback treveling through Coober Pedy, Oodnadatta track. Great travel information.

What to do in Coober Pedy
Fairly self explanatory...

Coober Pedy Annual Opal Festival
The Festival promotes social interaction between Miners, Locals and Visitors from Australia and Overseas, and is an excellent time chat with, deal with, and network with Miners, Shops, Cutters and Polishers, and 42 nationalities amongst its 3500 population.

Umoona Opal Mine And Museum
Guided tour includes: 20 minute video "The Story of Opal" in the underground theatre, tour through the Aboriginal Interpretive Centre, tour through an underground home, tour of a real opal mine where the tour guide explains all aspects of opal mining.
Coober Pedy, NSW, Australia.

Banksia Adventures
Fly through the riches of the Outback. Discover the opal fields and the people who live and work in this harshest of environments. See the amazing Outback landscape from the luxury of your private aircraft. Coober Pedy, Andamooka - like something out of the Wild West!
Australia wide.

Opal Mines and Heritage Trail
Follow the Heritage Trail in Yowah through the mine fields, along the bore drain to the early buildings, and up to the Bluff.
Yowah, Queensland, Australia.

Village Smithy Opals
2003 Trip Report around Australia - 17 Days in the Opal-Buying Trade.
Australia wide

Ash and Ben's Surfing Safari
A detailed travel guide to Eastern NSW and Queensland beaches. Two mates gear up and trip around the East Coast of Australia...