The Central Highlands Sapphire Gemfields offer a true pioneering adventure experience. Covering an area of over 900 square kilometres of sapphire-bearing ground. It’s a great place to spark your curiosity for treasure hunting and to explore more of its charming townships.
This is one of the largest and best quality Sapphire fields in the world and takes in the townships of Anakie, Sapphire, Rubyvale and The Willows. Here you can experience fascinating gem trails, great pub food, friendly camp sites, and then unwind at the end of the day’s trek with a relaxing massage therapy.
The Sapphire Gemfields offers a wonderful introduction to fossicking tours, underground mines, treasure trails, colourful characters, and the diverse wildlife of the Sapphire Wetlands. Keep your camera handy as you explore and be ready to snap the unique birdlife along with cattle, horses, emus, and camels as they freely roam the last remaining miners’ common in Australia.
Step into another world on an underground mine tour and see how the pioneers mined for sapphires and understand how the locals do it today. Whilst you are there, treat yourself with a piece of Australian mined sapphire jewellery to suit the thickness of all wallets from one of the many gem and jewellery shops.
The Sapphire Gemfields sits at the centre of two worlds – The Southern Great Barrier Reef and Outback Queensland. To find it, head inland from Rockhampton, or head east from Longreach along the Capricorn Highway, or if travelling north to south along the Great Inland Way, it is forty-two kilometres west of Emerald. The Sapphire Gemfields can also be accessed from the north along fully sealed scenic roads via Capella and Clermont. All roads are an easy and pleasant drive, allowing you to explore more of the region.
Follow the Sapphire Gemfields Treasure Trail, stopping at interpretive panels and place markers to learn about the characters of the region.
