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WHAT YOU NEED FOR

FOSSICKING

• Field Trip leaders are provided to direct and supervise the fossick
inexperienced fossickers have some knowledge prior to venturing
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fully supervised.
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• If you are hiring fossicking equipment book it early to avoid disap
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• Fossicking equipment can be purchased at Minerama from one o
VISITOR INFORMATION Visitor Information Centre has sieve sets for sale.

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FIELD TRIP DEPARTURES
Where: Assemble each day in the suitably signed meeting area at the
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PHOTO GALLERY When: 9.00 am departure. This is a good time to talk to others over
appreciated if all arrive in plenty of time to depart from 9.00 am.
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Indemnity Forms available online and at the blue tent in front of the
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individual and child has completed and signed indemnity form for th

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Field Trip tickets can be bought at Minerama.

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Field Trip tickets sell well online and if there are some still available th
person on the day. That said, it is no guarantee you’ll not miss out as
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Here’s how to buy the tickets on the day:

Where: The blue tent just outside the pavilions at the Showgrounds

When: From 8.00 am – 9.00 am Friday 12, Saturday 13 March

Please allow plenty of time

Cash and Eftpos available

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For best results, we suggest you bring the following equipment with y

FOR SAPPHIRES
You will need to bring a pair of sieves (coarse and fine), shovel (the lo
bottle with lid and/or snaplock bag for your finds, pair of tweezers fo
and a bucket.

Optional extras include a long steel probe for locating holes under sa
perhaps a piece of steel wire are excellent for scraping wash out from
tendency to get caught. A yabby pump may be useful in sandy type s

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FOR OTHER MINERALS
FOSSICKING
A sturdy pick and shovel, garden trowel or fork, work gloves, crowbar
HISTORY specimens in.

VISITOR INFORMATION Be prepared for a day out in the bush so wear appropriate clothing, s

STALLHOLDERS INFORMATION and water. We suggest good sturdy walking shoes or boots, gumboot
and a pair of clippers to cut back blackberry bushes or other vegetati
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NEWS • Seive sets: Glen Innes Visitor Information Centre

Email tourism@gisc.nsw.gov.au. Tel: (02) 67302400
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