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 ...

“The White Cliffs pineapple opals were originally given the name by the ... You can see some of these exquisite opals at Red Earth Opal Gallery, Bar & Coffee House. Built by Graeme in 2008 it’s ...

"Most opal 'round here was dug out before the ... "with a bit of luck they might end up with the rough end of a pineapple." White Cliffs is about 1050 kilometres from Sydney and an easy one ...

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 ...

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 ...

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But who is going to up sticks and move to White Cliffs, about 1000 kilometres from Sydney or a 12-hour drive? The arid, red-earth town, founded during the opal mining rush of the late 1800s ...

There’s something wild and untameable about Australian opal mining towns - most having the gritty, lawless feel of a Clint Eastwood western. White Cliffs, in far-west NSW, is no exception.

The property, in the ex-opal mining town of White Cliffs, is essentially a man-made cave carved into a the rock face of a cliff. The current owner, known only as Jeffrey, has listed the cave on ...