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Fossicking and Rockhounding => Trip Talk => Topic started by: Philip on January 10, 2018, 04:52:18 PM
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Hi All
After the last successful ALFers trip to Powelltown, a revisit is needed.
The date for the trip is: Saturday 17th Feb 2018
Meeting place: 9:30am at the Powelltown Pub
Some nice stones were found last time and we should hopefully get some good weather for it.
Everyone is welcome, just leave a post and we'll confirm the dates closer to the time.
Philip
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at this stage ill be going looking forward to it.
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Always tempted for a fossick. I'll plan to be there. I will meet you at the bush car park as I am coming from Warragul direction
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Great stuff Jamo
Look forward to seeing you there!
Philip
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Hi Guys,
It's been a while since I've been to powelly and caught up with you blokes, I'm not working that Saturday so I'm going to try and come along!!
Cheers Ranger Itchy beers
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Hi phillip,
looks like myself, Mario (Malachi) and Chris will also be along for the day.Its always a great day out at powelltown, finding nice stones is a bonus :) Thanks for setting it up
Troy
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Great stuff guys, the more the merrier :)
Philip
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Sigh. Have fun unfortunately will be at home waiting for a Solar battery to be added to our solar system. :'(
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Hi everyone!
Are newbies welcome along? I've just gotten into gem fossicking recently (got my miner's right and basic tools) and I'm looking for gemstones to use in electroform copper jewellery - it sounds like Powelltown is great spot for these! I've camped around there a few times, it's a gorgeous area :) :)
Thanks! - Jess
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Everyone's welcome Yiska. Might even attend myself.
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Absolutely Jess, newbies are welcome.
All you really need is a shovel and a sieve. Waders are also a plus if you have some.
PM me though if you have any questions.
Philip
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Hopefully I will see you there Lapis!
Philip
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Pencil me in too.
That weekend is looking good at the moment, we had a ball last time we were there with the ALF crew.
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Thanks Philip!
Sounds good looking forward to it then :) :)
Cheers - Jess
Absolutely Jess, newbies are welcome.
All you really need is a shovel and a sieve. Waders are also a plus if you have some.
PM me though if you have any questions.
Philip
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Hi all.
Another newbie here interested in coming along on this trip.
Can you tell me if a 2WD car is ok to get to this location? I don't have a 4WD.
Cheers.
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Hi Collene, it should be fine unless you've got a sports car that's very low to the ground. I've been in there before with a standard XR6 Falcon with no problems. If we get a lot of rain you might just have to park on the side of the road other than the carpark area, which is only 40 metres away from each other, there's a steepish pinch that sometimes gets slippery.
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Hi All,
Pegatha and Myself will be there meet you at Powelltown Hotel, I've got a Holden Combo and I'm sure I'll get to car park.
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Hi All,
Pegatha and Myself will be there meet you at Powelltown Hotel, I've got a Holden Combo and I'm sure I'll get to car park.
The track in is pretty good at the moment. So you should be ok
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I was out there over a week ago and the track was good.
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After being within a whisker of the prize (and just the wife and I) two years ago (when I nearly stepped on a snake that was looking for love) I will be there at the pub, this time with my sister (who is made of sterner stuff) and her son. Safety in numbers? ;) Being from far far away I did not think I would get another opportunity.
Cheers.
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Hi Guys,
I've gotta pull out for the 17th, I had to book the car in for it's 240,000k service which is a major, timing belt, idler arm, diff oil change, so far it's cost me over $800 in parts and I haven't even had the service done yet.
That Saturday was the only 1 that coincided with me not working and my mechanic being available for about 6 weeks so I had to take it because I need this done before I go to Tingha in early April.
I will catch up the next time round!!
Cheers Ranger Itchy beers [size=78%] [/size]
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That is a shame about the car RI. Hope you can join us next time. Jamo
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If the timing belt etc is fixed we'll still be coming.
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If the timing belt etc is fixed we'll still be coming.
... so its all bout the right timing! Hope it works for you
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I would have LOVED to have joined you. Unfortunately I am working interstate but am very interested in the next one if its on a weekend.
I have not been on a dig before and this sounds fantastic, I would not even recognise a stone if I tripped over it. I hope to rectify that soon!
Cheers and good luck on the field trip
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Trips are fairly sporadic faodail, maybe once or twice a year - depends on how many are interested. Could even have more.
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Lapis Lupinus- Yes, I can imagine that it might be difficult to have all the right ingredients together to organise a field trip. Anyhows one never knows, so let me know if you get any interest in another trip, as I too would be interested. I am good for field trips over a weekend or public holiday.
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It's a pity you can't come to Powelltown.
Field trips are fairly sporadic and pretty much ad hoc things, there's not a lot of good fossicking spots in Victoria sadly.
Keep your eyes on the forum though as the VGCA (Victorian Gem Clubs Assoc) have irregular trips as well, they are usually chatted about here.
Which part of Melbourne? There are some excellent clubs that you could check out.
The offer of some Agate to get you started I made on the other forum still stands, all you need to do is pay postage.
Paul
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Hiya Pauls.
I am disappointed that I can't go. I am away for work from Sunday to 23th. I am hopeful that when the next one comes around I will be able to go.
Thanks for the very kind offer of the agate, I would really like to take you up on that offer! Would you like it to be C.O.D or some other way?.
I will pm you. my addy.
Cheers
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Serves me right for packing so quickly, just realised that my sieves are at home in Tassie, I'll still be up on Saturday, probably won't stay very long. Looking forward to catching up.
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See you there Bucket. My sieves are falling apart, but not quite enough for that big topaz to escape.
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Bucket
Do you want a lend of a set of sieves?
Just give a hoy and I'll bring whatever you need.
Paul
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Serves me right for packing so quickly, just realised that my sieves are at home in Tassie, I'll still be up on Saturday, probably won't stay very long. Looking forward to catching up.
Can bring some spares for you if you want Bucket
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Thanks guys, if someone could loan me a 1/4" or even 1/2" one that would be great, I can still only stay until lunch time as we head back to Tassie fiist thing Sunday morning and have to pack the vehicle and so forth, but one sieve would be great for that time!
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Thanks guys, if someone could loan me a 1/4" or even 1/2" one that would be great, I can still only stay until lunch time as we head back to Tassie fiist thing Sunday morning and have to pack the vehicle and so forth, but one sieve would be great for that time!
Done!
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Hi Philip, I am new to ALF and would like to attend the Powelltown fossicking trip on Saturday, so I will see you on then. Thank you for organising the day. From MJ
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Hi everyone, sadly Ken and I will not be able to make it Saturday. The timing belt on the car has not yet been fixed and I'm still recovering from a stupid chest infection. We are both very disappointed but we hope you all have a great day with lots of good stones waiting for you. Peg beers
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Sorry to hear that Peg, hope you and the car get well soon! You've reminded me that I also have a timing belt to be done before I go the Qld this year! Thanks for that Jamo, hope I can do it justice!
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I have to pull out of the trip - damn car's giving me grief. Would have been good to catch up with you all. Please post pics.
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Hi All, just checking this is still going ahead tomorrow? Me and my partner are still keen to go :)
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Yiska, yes it is going ahead, we are meeting at the Powelltown Pub at 9.30 am in the morning. The fossicking area is about 20-30 minutes from there.
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Excellent! Thank you :)
We'll see you then!
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Hi All,
Apologies for the late post. Yes the trip is still on and we are looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow at the pub at 9:30.
Philip
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Can some one Plz tell me which road - that is First second or third etc, on left out of Powell town? Thank you
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Lyndaellen, most of the creeks in the area that have a gravel and pebble base are worth a look. While it's not a state secret, most would rather not post the actual road on a public forum for fear of hoardes of fossickers descending on that particular area. If you live in the Melbourne area, I would suggest, if you aren't already, becoming a member of a gem club, most of them have field trips and will show you where to go.
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So we are all dying of curiousity! How did the trip go?
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So we are all dying of curiousity! How did the trip go?
Probably have to be patient for a while. They have to get their wind back after fighting of the leeches and then hauling all those stones out of the creek. They would still have to take the pictures. ;D
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hahaha, it was a great day out Mr Sydney/Jerry. I do need to get a rest today though.
We got a number of really good stones yesterday and i'll try get some photos later on today
Philip
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Good to read that you guys had a good day out. :) Can't wait to see the pics Phil. So who had the best brag stone at the show and tell? ::)
Cheers
Malachi beers
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Not sure who ended up with the best ones at the end of the day but we all managed a good lot of stones.
Jamo got a really nice double terminated one, my dad got a nice piece of Agate and a finger length piece of Citrine. I got a triple quartz crystal cluster and a large piece of smokey quartz.
Philip
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These are just a couple of the stones we found
(http://aussielapidaryforum.com/forum/gallery/8/55962-180218212410.jpeg)
(http://aussielapidaryforum.com/forum/gallery/8/55962-180218212341.jpeg)
(http://aussielapidaryforum.com/forum/gallery/8/55962-180218212301.jpeg)
(http://aussielapidaryforum.com/forum/gallery/8/55962-180218212206.jpeg)
(http://aussielapidaryforum.com/forum/gallery/8/55962-180218212234.jpeg)
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nice stones,any more photos.
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I'm now back home and will sort out some photos shortly. Because of my travel plans, I left at lunchtime, Jamo nailed some nice stuff during his stay as did many others. I got a few nice jelly beans, which has now thrown out my leech to nice stone theory! No leeches for me and yet I found some worthy stones, go figure!
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Nice!
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Nice stones Philip. beers
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:'( :'( :'( Droo Droo next time
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Nice stones Philip. Is that a piece of chalcedony/carnelian? Did you all end up up creek or down creek?
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Lapis, A few went upstream all day :(but just to be different we wend downstream in the morning and then went upstream for the afternoon.
Definitely a lot more trees have come down since the last time we were all there, the upstream trek was quite difficult.
Bucket, I didn't get any leaches downstream but within minutes upstream I had a couple on my gloves that quickly got squashed. I must have missed one that got itself up my shirtsleeve and got me on the inside of my elbow, little bugger must have had a good feed :(
Peggy, the place was well worked over but there is definitely plenty still there! I'll prep the ropes for the next time in case you join us :)
Philip
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The Chalcedony/ carnelian find is very interesting. That's only the second occasion I'm aware of it been found there. A piece was found by someone in our group the first time I ever went there several years ago; I think it was Dwizard or me who found it, can't recall exactly, but the colour was very much identical. I'll compare notes with you Phil next time we get to catch up or PM each other. Phil how large is it, the photo doesn't give any indication of size. The one we found was sadly only a small piece.
Cheers
Malachi beers
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Malachi, I thought it was agate but i'm happy to be told otherwise :) the piece is a bout 15mm thick and just a bit bigger than a 50cent piece.
The next time we catch up i'll give you a better idea of where it came out of.
Philip
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Congrats Phillip on a successfully run outing. Everyone seems pretty happy with their catch. Hope to be there if you hold one this time next year.
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Some of my best bits (from 2 days fossicking - 2nd day Alf trip)
(http://aussielapidaryforum.com/forum/gallery/8/medium_152-210218205106.jpeg) (http://aussielapidaryforum.com/forum/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=8805)
(http://aussielapidaryforum.com/forum/gallery/8/medium_152-210218203415.jpeg) (http://aussielapidaryforum.com/forum/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=8801)
(http://aussielapidaryforum.com/forum/gallery/8/medium_152-210218204504.jpeg) (http://aussielapidaryforum.com/forum/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=8804)
(http://aussielapidaryforum.com/forum/gallery/8/medium_152-210218204422.jpeg) (http://aussielapidaryforum.com/forum/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=8803)
(http://aussielapidaryforum.com/forum/gallery/8/medium_152-210218204318.jpeg) (http://aussielapidaryforum.com/forum/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=8802)
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Phillip, ropes would be good ,steps would be great I'm thinking of a rope ladder. Might do some figuring on that use some of my old rope skills. I wonder how long it would need to be. Bit like that piece of string problem. ;) ;)
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lol, I think you are onto something there Peggy :)
Philip