Blue Hollow Mine is located near Sapphire in Central Queensland, Australia (Just 15 minutes from Rubyvale). They can teach you about sapphires and where to go fossicking. They can even supply all the equipment you will need for your fossicking adventures.
Miner’s Heritage is Australia’s largest walk-in underground sapphire mine. Located at Rubyvale it’s only a short distance from Rubyvale Caravan Park. At Miner’s Heritage you can take an underground tour of their mine, spend time in their park fossicking for your own gems, or enjoy the undercover bbq/lunch area.
Gemfest is the annual four day festival that celebrates and showcases sapphires and where they come from. Featuring an amazing combination of activities, exhibitions, entertainment, prizes and demonstrations to keep you busy. While local sapphires are undoubtedly the gem of choice at the festival, you will also find diamonds, pearls, zircons, opals and other gemstones amongst the sparkling array. Encompassing the whole of the Gemfields, including Anakie, Sapphire, Rubyvale, and Willows, this is truly an event not to miss.
