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October Gleams With Outback Opal

Celebrate October with Australian Opal! 

Opal is the birthstone for people born in October.  There is no better place for finding one of these spectacular gemstones than in the heart of the Australian outback!  Australia produces the world's best opal and the outback boast's Australia's best opal towns.

Celebrate your loved one's October birthday by treating them to something spectacular - opal.  Opal comes in a great range of colours and all types of jewellery including necklaces, pendants, earrings, rings and watches.

4 Great Opal Ideas For October

1. Have a relaxing hot artesian bore bath
Head for the nearest Opal mining town, book into luxury accommodation and be treated to a hot artesian bore bath.

2. Go opal jewellery shopping!!!!

• Sunrise Opal Mines
• Lost Sea Opals
• Black Opal Tours

3. Try your luck at opal fossicking!

Explore opal fields and have a go at opla fossicking - imagine if you found a special piece of opal?

4. Take an outback adventure to an opal mining town!

Here is the quick heads up on the best mining spots in Australia - experience first hand fossicking and check out the spectacular Australian Opal!

• Quilpie
• Lightning Ridge
• White Cliffs
• Coober Pedy
• Winton

Did you know - opal is Australia's National Gemstone?

May 03 2011