REWARD CENTRAL GEMFIELDS DESIGNATED FOSSICKING LAND

Reward is one of six areas of in Retreat Creek near the 'Washpool' •Workings should be left in a safe, Designated Fossicking Land on the track crossing may contain water tidy condition so as not to endanger sapphire fields suitable for washing gravel. other persons or stock. where recreational and tourist •Dismantle any structures upon fossicking is possible under simple Requirements vacating a campsite. Fossickers Licences. However, •Remove all rubbish and bury certain types of commercial mining Fossicking requires a Fossickers human waste at least 20cm deep. tenures are also allowed in these Licence under the Fossicking Act •Do not interfere with any areas. Five Fossicking Areas have 1994. Individual, family, club, vegetation, stock or wildlife. also been established to allow educational organisation and Shooting is prohibited. fossicking away from competition commercial tour operator licences •Minimise inconvenience to others from commercial miners. Generally can be obtained for periods between by limiting noise and control pets at the Designated Fossicking Land one and twelve months, with fees all times. encompasses deeper wash, but varying accordingly. They can be •Be careful with campfires, patches of ground suitable for obtained from the Mining Registrar particularly in dry times. Clear a 2m shallow hand excavation occur in at Emerald, selected local space around them. places. Another brochure describes businesses, or the Department's other the general background to the fields. offices throughout the State. Hand Fossickers must be aware that tools only are permitted. fossicking or camping are not Reward is a discrete area relatively permitted on any of the residential remote from the main area of mining Camping Miners Homestead Perpetual and infrastructure of the gemfields Leases etc, or Mining Claims around Sapphire and Rubyvale, and Camping is allowed for a maximum which are present in the area its undeveloped open bushland period of 3 months. A camping without the permission of the setting is attractive to fossickers. permit is required, which can be holders. obtained for the payment of a small Access and roads fee from the Emerald, , Details of these can be obtained Mackay and offices of the from the Mining Registrar. Turn off the Capricorn Highway at Department or the local businesses Extensive areas are held under Anakie and take the sealed road to that issue the Fossickers Licences. mining claims around the 'Reward' for 18km to Rubyvale township. No facilities exist in the area except diggings. Head southwest along the unsealed for a solar telephone. Reward is Keilambete Road for 1km to the relatively remote, and visitors must For further information: signposted Reward road on the left, be self-sufficient. The Mining Registrar then for another 4.3 km to the Clerana Centre entrance of Reward on its eastern Sapphire occurrence 29-31 Clermont Street boundary (Sign 52). The track leads Emerald Qld 4720 west through the 'Reward ' diggings, Wash around the 'Reward' diggings Telephone (07) 4982 4011 Fax. (07) 4982 4230 to eventually rejoin Keilambete in the eastern part of the area is reward.doc May 2001 Road. At a further 1km on this road relatively deep and generally (Sign 54) a second track leads to the unsuitable for fossickers, although south to cross Retreat Creek before there may be some shallower heading west to the 'Washpool' material between there and the main diggings. road to the northwest. The most popular area for fossickers Alternatively for 'Washpool' stay on is the 'Washpool' diggings near the the Keilambete Road from Ruyvale. western boundary, where the wash is Other tracks leading from Sapphire shallow. to the southeast may require 4wd vehicles. Code of Conduct Water •Use only safe working practices. There are no local water supplies Holes deeper than 2m or undermined and water needs to be carried from overhangs are not permitted. the public supply at Sapphire. Holes REWARD DESIGNATED FOSSICKING LAND

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