Lismore Gem and Lapidary Club

Repentance Creek and Coopers Creek

Field Trip to Repentance Creek and Coopers Creek on Sunday 27th. About 20 people turned up for a nice walk up the creeks on what was a very hot day. The new farm at Repentance Creek turned up a few nice pieces of petrified wood and some chalcedony of size. Coopers creek at Murphy’s had […]

Fossicking Permits.

Fossicking is fun. However there are some rules applying to this hobby, and these are different in each state. For NSW the best information will be found online if you search for A guide to fossicking in NSW put out by the NSW Government, Industry and Investment. For fossicking in our local state forests, such […]

Tabulam Field trip

Field Trips. The August Field Trip was planned for Sunday 19th, to Ewingar State Forest, if the bushfire situation permitted. Unfortunately it had to be cancelled, due to heavy fire activity in the Tabulam area. The next Field Trip is planned for the October long weekend, to Emmaville, 29th September to 1st October. It should […]

Hogarth Range Field Trip

Over twenty people turned up at the Hogarth Range farm where we go fossicking. Most found good cutters of labradorite on the day. Everyone had a good social day out, only was a little windy. It was also good to see some of the new members turn up too. It was another successful day out […]

And that was Lismore Gemfest, 2018!

What a glorious weekend we had. Perfect weather for another amazing event. What a privilege it was to be part of something that made so many people so happy. And it made money as well, so we can operate our club for another year. An amazing team of workers came together to make it all […]