Central Lanthanide Deposit in Mount Weld

Spectacular, unique enrichment of rare earth deposits, carbonatite rock rich with niobium/ tantalum and other rare metals, such as terbium, europium, dysprosium and others.

White Cliffs Pineapple Opal Fields

Find of unique opalised fossils and crystals of other minerals replaced with opal. Often these opal stones look like clusters or balls of radiating crystals.

Wave Hill Station prehnite finds

Possibly the largest find of gem quality prehnite – light green, transparent gemstone. Stones are found scattered on the ground.

Lightning Ridge Opal Fields

World’s best find of black opals.

Coober Pedy Opal Mines

World’s largest find of gem quality opal.

Henbury meteorite craters

A group of 13 – 14 meteorite craters with a diameter from 7 to 180 m, up to 15 m deep. Here have been found several tonnes of meteorites. Formed some 4,200 years ago.

Boxhole crater

Well visible impact crater, with a diameter of 170 m. Formed some 5,400 years ago.

Chillagoe karst landscape

Limestone towers that rise up to 40 m above the surrounding landscape. In this area are known some 600 – 1000 caves.

The Pinnacles (Nambung)

Desert, filled with amazing limestone formations – pinnacles that rise up to 3.5 m high.

Port Arthur

Former convict settlement for hardest British and Irish criminals, built in 1853-1855. This site is renowned also as a haunted place.