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Frazers Creek Sapphires

Name: Frazers Creek Sapphires
Address: Kings Plain Road, Inverell, New South Wales
Rating: 4.5

7 Reviews

#13 of 17 things to do in Inverell

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Kings Plain Road, Inverell, New South Wales, Australia

+61 2 6725 1733

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“Amazing scenery, lovely hosts, and struck gold ”

Or sapphires ;) we found on our second visit that we hit the jackpot, about 10 stones of really... read more

Reviewed 21 December 2015

Amy K

Frankston, Australia

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“A memory from 1963.”

I had just turned 7. My dad had passed away 2 years previous. My dad's friend was a pommie... read more

Reviewed 20 May 2014

Julie579

Sydney

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4.5

7 reviews

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Very good14%
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21 Dec 2015

“Amazing scenery, lovely hosts, and struck gold ”

20 May 2014

“A memory from 1963.”

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Kings Plain Road, Inverell, New South Wales, Australia

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+61 2 6725 1733

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Amy K

Frankston, Australia

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Reviewed 21 December 2015 via mobile

Amazing scenery, lovely hosts, and struck gold

Or sapphires ;) we found on our second visit that we hit the jackpot, about 10 stones of really good quality. It's best to go on bright sunny days, have patience. We've found a variety of colors too. I'm looking forward to going again soon!

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Julie579

Sydney

Reviewed 20 May 2014

A memory from 1963.

I had just turned 7. My dad had passed away 2 years previous. My dad's friend was a pommie looking for a place to move to, so he moved in with us. He bought a brand new 1963 Nissan Cedric Ststion wagon. It was packed...More

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DAZZ010

Inverell, Australia

Reviewed 12 April 2014

Great size stones to be found an lots of em

To all i can say this is a great place for kids an mums an dads you can stay in a cabin an have an out door spa in the arvos afther going out an collecting sapphires my son today found some very good size...More

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Bastian F

Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

9162

Reviewed 17 March 2014

Woohoo its open again....now called Billabong Blue

Re-opened as Billabong Blue this is the best place to fossick for sapphires in the Inverell area. Just a bit further down the road from 7 Oaks is this amazing place. Unlike 7 Oaks one can easily drive to the fossick area. Continue down kings...More

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Bastian F

Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

9162

Reviewed 22 October 2013

The best sapphires...pity its closed (at the mo anyway)

I went here in 2012 and it was better than everywhere else when it comes to fossicking parks. The pile of wash is dry and not muddy unlike Seven Oaks down the raod. You dry sieve first and then wash which is better than trying...More

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zampdean

Sydney,Australia

Reviewed 25 September 2012

Found a great piece of sapphire

we liked this place so much we came back twice and stayed all day. Bring your own water and food. We had a picnic lunch and then back to the fossicking. The excitement for our kids was seeing the big brown snake (who was shot...More

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Dingoh

Coffs Harbour, Australia

4547

Reviewed 29 May 2011

Frazers Creek Sapphires - fun for the family

You know those things that you do because the kids want to – but in the end it is so much fun that you wonder why you haven’t done it before?… Well going sapphire fossicking was one of them. Frazers Creek Sapphires is about 20km...More

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