THURSDAY 22.9.2011: First tourist stop - on your way to Rubyvale, the Tropic of Capricorn which runs right by the Tin Shed Bottle Shop. Yes, in the middle of what appears to be nowhere was the Tin Shed Bottle Shop and yes we stopped there also! Then a short drive to Rubyvale and the Miners Heritage. This is a commercial operation which conducts guided tours through Australia's largest underground sapphire mine.
Finished the day at Monique's Mine -a fossicking park that takes you through the washing and identifying process involved with finding your own sapphires and zircons.
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Rubyvale is a town approximately 61 kilometres west of Emerald. Situated in a region called the Gemfields, sapphires are mined extensively in the area.
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