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Town in Queensland, Australia
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Yowah is an outback opal mining town in South Western Queensland.
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Browse through the many opal galleries in town.
The bluff is a 50m elevation in remarkably flat country, around 4km out of town. It gives a view of the country for miles around, and an appreciation for how flat and remote it all is.
You can take an underground opal mining tour.
Get a fossicking licence from the general store, and follow the signs to the fossicking fields. Maybe strike it lucky!
A licenced bar in Yowah. Just for the weekend!
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Hamburgers, milkshakes, that sort of thing.
Access is by 60km of sealed road from the Bulloo Developmental Road (The Adventure Way) just outside of Eulo.
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