Since opal was first discovered at White Cliffs in 1872 people from all over the world, from all walks of life, have flocked to the isolated, far west New South Wales town, in search of the ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. White Cliffs Remarkable opal mining town famous for its underground accommodation. The real way to see White Cliffs, if the ...

Graeme Dowton first visited White Cliffs in the 1970s and began mining there about 30 years ago. He lives in a five-bedroom dugout next to the Red Earth Opal gallery and coffee house he runs with ...

In isolated White Cliffs, 1018 kilometres north-west of Sydney, opal miner Graeme Dowton is the closest you'll get to a pineapple purveyor. This town, where they count the population in the dozens ...

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