If you see this message then the browser is unable to run this Java Applet. This event has gone from strength to strength since it's inception in 1988 as part of Australia's bi-centenary celebrations. Miners and merchants from around Australia trade in rough and cut gems. Custom made exquisite jewellery is on exhibition and for sale. A gemologist is on site for identifications and valuations.
Great entertainment is provided with street theatre, music and top poets.
A marquee is dedicated to many different types of healing and natural therapies. The market area offers a variety of goods. Tours of the sapphire fields leave every 2 hours from the festival site, or you can make your own way to the fields and visit underground mines, fossicking parks, gem galleries and shops. Fossicking licences are available on the fields to enable visitors to dig in any of the eight shallow areas. Hire equipment is also available.