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White Cliffs, NSW

Born from the discovery of seam opal in the 1890's this is Australia's oldest commercial opal field. This unique area resembles a moonscape with over 50 000 craters, the result of 100 years of mining. The population, once 5000 in its heyday, now fluctuates and most inhabitants live underground in dugouts to escape the summer heat and winter cold.

A fascinating place to visit attractions include tours through the dugout homes, opal showrooms, and the historic opal fields.

Australia’s oldest commercial opal field. The name comes from the sole outcrop in which opals are found. Most inhabitants live underground in dug-outs to beat the weather changes. The most remarkable find is the 2.6m opalised skeleton of a plesiosaur, the most complete found and believed to be 100 million years old.

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