Monday, 10 December 2012

Sapphire - 26/11/12 to 28/11/12

Sapphire is, as the name suggests, a sapphire mining town and was a short stop over as we started heading for home. The park we checked into would have to be one of the best presented parks we have encountered on our entire travels. Very neat and tidy with exceptional facilities. Again, we would have enjoyed this more if not for the heat.

Checked out the neighbouring town of Rubyvale and sat in their air conditioned pub for a while. But the main thing of the area is fossicking and, despite the heat, we made sure we did this. We got a quick lesson on what was involved and set about finding our fortune. The boys had a great time with this and, while we found some sapphires, no fortune was to come our way. 

We made use of the excellent facilities in the caravan park and used their camp kitchen and bbq area on both nights we were there.

The town of Sapphire is very rustic (I think this is the right word) and you would need to be a special breed of person to live there and take on the life style. But it seems to suit quite a few and those we spoke to loved it.


On the way to Sapphire we passed through Jericho, which is said to have the smallest drive-in theatre in Australia. It holds around 30 cars and still screens movies once a month.

The walk in section

In the camp kitchen at Sapphire Tourist Park. One of, if not the best, camp kitchens we have been in.

Barbeque dinner in the caravan park

Fossicking for sapphires
Getting some further instruction from the reisdent roo









Some of the residences of Sapphire. This is livin'.








And another go at trying to find our fortune. Same result.



A very welcome swin in the caravan park pool

Some of the wild life in the caravan park








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