Queensland Government describes the Opalton field as one of Queensland’s largest and most extensively worked opal deposits.
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Opalton
Opal Field And Designated Fossicking Land in the Queensland Field Explorer. Stable geology/history is separated from current visitor guidance checked 2026-09-11; no live road/open status or permission is inferred.
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The designated fossicking land is described as about 124 km south-west of Winton.
Current official visitor layer · checked 2026-09-11
What the reviewed official sources support now.
Queensland Government identifies Opalton as designated fossicking land. The official page describes substantial unsealed-road access and commercial mining tenures that must not be entered without written permission. Camping inside the designated land requires a camping permit; verify current road and site conditions before travel.
Official designated fossicking land
This describes the source-backed publication scope of this BOU route. It is not a live open/closed status.
Camping permit required inside designated land
Camping rules are stated only where the reviewed official source supports them. A camping permit never replaces a fossicking licence.
Current licence required; actual land/tenure permission still matters
Where land is not specified fossicking land, current Queensland guidance can require written landholder and mining-tenure permission. Historical mining evidence is never permission.
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BOU does not state a live road, weather or closure condition. Use QLDTraffic and the locality/rules pages immediately before travel.
Opalton designated fossicking landBOU011-SRC-006 · checked 2026-09-11Fossicking camping permitsBOU011-SRC-010 · checked 2026-09-11Current fossicking licence / camping permitBOU011-SRC-001 · checked 2026-09-11 · source updated 2026-08-13Where you can fossick / permission rulesBOU011-SRC-002 · checked 2026-09-11 · source updated 2025-06-19Personal protection and safetyBOU011-SRC-003 · checked 2026-09-11 · source updated 2024-07-08QLDTraffic current road informationBOU011-SRC-008 · checked 2026-09-11 · source updated live service
Before travel: re-check the current fossicking licence, land and mining-tenure permissions, locality-specific camping/access rules, personal safety guidance and QLDTraffic. Conditions and permissions can change after this BOU check date.
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Only documented regional or distance relationships are listed; the Atlas does not infer exact geographic boundaries.
- Opalton is about 124 km south-west of Winton on the official area page.
- It sits within the north-western part of Queensland’s western opal-field corridor.
Relationship sources · BOU-SRC-005 · BOU-SRC-003
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- BOU-SRC-005 · Opalton designated fossicking landQueensland Government · updated 2017-03-06 · checked 2026-09-11
- BOU-SRC-014 · Purchase a fossicking licence or fossicking camping permitQueensland Government · updated 2026-08-13 · checked 2026-09-11
- BOU-SRC-017 · Fossicking camping permitsQueensland Government · updated 2021-02-10 · checked 2026-09-11
- BOU-SRC-003 · Western opal fieldsQueensland Government · updated 2016-08-17 · checked 2026-09-11
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