Gemseeker’s Paradise

Gemseeker’s Paradise was a tourist attraction in the 1970s, and is located on the Three Mile opal field near to the Black Hand corner. 

An Englishman from Bristol originally built the camp of cypress scantlings from the Gulargambone timber mill, the wooden slabs were placed horizontally.

The Opal Bazaar was an attraction until 1971 in front of Gemseekers Paradise. 

The camp has been regularly occupied over the years.  Rocks hold the corrugated roof in place, but in 2005, a panel flew off in a whirly-whirly. 

The stonework on the Three Mile represents a certain period of development, when miners were industrious and frugal enough to use local building materials. Ping was a well-known stone worker of the day and several of his stone features have survived him. 

Gemseeker’s Paradise is located on the Three Mile opal field and is private property, inaccessible to visitors.

Article: Edited by Russell Gawthorpe. LRHS research compiled by Len Cram and Barbara Moritz. Sources: LRHS oral history.