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Another day with clear blue sky about 39 degrees woke to birds calls could here cockatoos,galas and Peter heard a kookaburra cooked Peter a full English breakie I think this makes his day he just loves the eggs. Went for drive to Nettletons first shaft sunk in 1902 and lookout views to the Coocoron opal fields stopped to talk to men's working an opal mine they are weekend miner one a coal miner by trade comes from Newcastle in Sydney they said they have to do two courses stake a claim which doesn't cost anything but sinking a shaft is their greatest cost the winch that brings up the rock is called an
onest partner because it does not steal the opals and then the rock goes to an agitor and washed for 4 hours and then the miners goes through the rock Neville said they have been inches from being a millionaire lots of laughter. Went to the supermarket and stocked up for week and had lunch sandwich for peter and wrap for me. We were invited to a caravan a couple of blocks down from us an a couple had a coffee jar all with opals which the woman dad had found over a period of time. Must have been worth thousands. Went back to spa lovely, filled up with petrol and checked where the dump point is for tomorrow came back home to get ready for departure to Moree tomorrow.
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