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Eight locality records separate durable geology/history from current official visitor guidance. A field name, old mine, tourism description or historical lease never implies present access permission.
Current visitor baseline · checked 2026-09-11
Use these official pages to re-check licensing, land permission, safety and live road information before acting on any locality record.
Queensland says fossickers require a current fossicking licence. A camping permit is separate and applies where camping rules require it.
Open current licence/permit guidanceSource updated 13 Aug 2026 · checked 2026-09-11
Where land is not specified fossicking land, written landholder consent and relevant mining-tenure permissions can be required. BOU never converts a locality label into access permission.
Open current land/permission guidanceSource updated 19 Jun 2025 · checked 2026-09-11
Queensland safety guidance says never enter old underground workings and warns that mine dumps and excavations can be unstable.
Open current safety guidanceSource updated 8 Jul 2024 · checked 2026-09-11
BOU does not publish live road status. QLDTraffic states road conditions may change rapidly; use its live service or 13 19 40 for current information.
Open QLDTrafficLive service link checked 2026-09-11
Winton is one of the main Queensland opal mining and wholesale centres identified by Geoscience Australia.
Sources · BOU-SRC-001 · BOU-SRC-002 · BOU-SRC-003
Open field recordQuilpie is a major Queensland boulder-opal mining and trading centre in the western opal fields.
Sources · BOU-SRC-001 · BOU-SRC-002 · BOU-SRC-007
Open field recordYowah is a western Queensland boulder-opal locality noted for ironstone concretions known as Yowah nuts.
Sources · BOU-SRC-002 · BOU-SRC-004 · BOU-SRC-007
Open field recordGIA places Koroit in the Cunnamulla Mineral District about 77 km north-northeast of Eulo.
Sources · BOU-SRC-007 · BOU-SRC-008
Open field recordQueensland Government describes the Opalton field as one of Queensland’s largest and most extensively worked opal deposits.
Sources · BOU-SRC-005
Open field recordDuck Creek and Sheep Station Creek designated fossicking lands are in the Toompine opal fields.
Sources · BOU-SRC-006
Open field recordGeoscience Australia describes Queensland boulder-opal localities as extending from the Eulo and Cunnamulla district north-west toward Kynuna.
Sources · BOU-SRC-001 · BOU-SRC-007
Open field recordQueensland Government and Geoscience Australia use Kynuna as a northern extent reference for the western Queensland boulder-opal belt.
Sources · BOU-SRC-001 · BOU-SRC-003
Open field recordComparison
The table compares publication scope, not gem quality, rarity, mine productivity or investment value.
| Locality | BOU record type | Visitor-information layer | Core sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winton | town and field hub | Current government regional profile | BOU-SRC-001 · BOU-SRC-002 · BOU-SRC-003 |
| Quilpie | town and field hub | Current government regional profile | BOU-SRC-001 · BOU-SRC-002 · BOU-SRC-007 |
| Yowah | town and field | Official fossicking area | BOU-SRC-002 · BOU-SRC-004 · BOU-SRC-007 |
| Koroit | opal field | Research-only access boundary | BOU-SRC-007 · BOU-SRC-008 |
| Opalton | opal field and designated fossicking land | Official designated fossicking land | BOU-SRC-005 |
| Toompine | opal field with designated fossicking lands | Official designated fossicking lands | BOU-SRC-006 |
| Eulo | regional reference | Regional reference only | BOU-SRC-001 · BOU-SRC-007 |
| Kynuna | regional extent reference | Regional extent only | BOU-SRC-001 · BOU-SRC-003 |
Rules + safety
BOU checked the current licence page on 10 September 2026. Older area pages are shown with their own update dates rather than being silently treated as current.
Field ↔ specimen truth table
Most field routes currently provide geology/history and visitor context only. That is intentionally different from saying a cabinet specimen came from that field.
No current cabinet specimen carries a documented provenance link to this field.
No current cabinet specimen is assigned to this field. Geological/history context must not be presented as specimen provenance.
Only the listed source-documented specimen record(s) inherit this field link. The field page does not assign other specimens to this locality.
Only the listed source-documented specimen record(s) inherit this field link. The field page does not assign other specimens to this locality.
No current cabinet specimen carries a documented provenance link to this field.
No current cabinet specimen is assigned to this field. Geological/history context must not be presented as specimen provenance.
No current cabinet specimen carries a documented provenance link to this field.
No current cabinet specimen is assigned to this field. Geological/history context must not be presented as specimen provenance.
No current cabinet specimen carries a documented provenance link to this field.
No current cabinet specimen is assigned to this field. Geological/history context must not be presented as specimen provenance.
No current cabinet specimen carries a documented provenance link to this field.
No current cabinet specimen is assigned to this field. Geological/history context must not be presented as specimen provenance.
No current cabinet specimen carries a documented provenance link to this field.
No current cabinet specimen is assigned to this field. Geological/history context must not be presented as specimen provenance.
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