Overseas dealers flock to Winton Opal Festival

The outback town of Winton is known for dinosaur fossils and as the location of the first performance of Waltzing Matilda, but has also become an important part of a growing international luxury trade ...
Golf Digest

Outback Aussie dirt golf course can claim this one-of-a-kind arrangement with St. Andrews

A little more than 9,600 miles and nine time zones from the 18th green of the Old Course at St. Andrews, host of this week’s AIG Women’s Open, is a golf course in the outback of Australia with a ...
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Opal mining to continue on land cut out from new Qld national park, formerly Vergemont Station

Miners with tenures inside one of Queensland's newest national parks will be allowed to continue hunting for opals. Vergemont Station was bought by the state government in April last year, backed by ...
The New York Times

The Peculiar Charm of Coober Pedy, Australia’s Opal Capital

Scattered around town are do-it-yourself mining operations, abandoned film props and a cafe that serves both waffles and opals. Pyramid-like mounds, a byproduct of opal mining, litter the landscape ...