Fossicking With Doug - The Movie

Back in May 2008 I made the move from Sydney to a small town in outback North Queensland called Mt Surprise. This town is well known in the fossicking circles because of the O'Briens Creek topaz fields. Here I work for a small gemshop (Mt Surprise Gems) cutting stone and leading topaz digging tours.
On one of the tours, a fellow by the name of Colin brought along his video camera and filmed the whole day. He very quickly afterwards made a short movie called "Fossicking With Doug" and posted it on youtube. Absolutely brilliant!!!
So, if you ever wondered just what topaz digging aka fossicking is all about... check out the movie.

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Fossicking With Doug - The Movie