Your Opal Outback Story ....Do You Have Your Own Opal Outback Story To Tell !Did you have an interesting adventure or event in your opal travels ? What were your best memories of visiting the Opal Outback - the most interesting places that you visited ? Perhaps you made a great opal buy ? Do you have some well-earned travel tips that you would like to share ?  (Cooberpedy Breakaways) We would love you to share your story with us and our 'opal friendly' visitors and, if you've got a photo to enhance your story, even better! All on your very own webpage with your own URL address! Opal is a  passion for us as well as a lot of other people and like anybody with a "passion", we find that we like to share those opal outback experiences with others; experiences of our travels to the opal mining towns, fossicking, noodling, going down a mine, places we've stayed, chatting to those interesting characters that we meet along the way.... so many stories !It would be lovely to read your opal outback story of what experiences and encounters you had in your "opal travels" - and by all means let us know of any travelling tips that you feel will help those that are doing (or thinking of doing), their own opal journey.
Our Opal Mining towns in Australia definitely are fascinating and unique  places; Lightning Ridge, the South Australian Cooberpedy Opal Fields or the Queensland Boulder Opal towns of Quilpie,Yowah, Winton, Opalton or Koroit - each with their own distinct flavour and character and their own brand of opal magic! (Photo: The Opal Factory,Cooberpedy) Of course there is more than Australian opal - so we would really enjoy your opal outback stories about opal that is mined elsewhere in the world ..... help widen the interest and knowledge of our visitors about the opal in your part of the world and share your experiences, travels or encounters! So share your "opal passion" and tell us your story .... it's easy to do, even uploading that photograph ! (If you don't feel confident about the writing part, we will help you to "tidy" anything up that needs it.) You will have your very own webpage ! Email your URL address to your family and friends - show them what you have written and share it with them. Make good use of the Social Network button at the bottom of your webpage and showcase your story through My Space, Facebook, Twitter,Yahoo! Buzz etc.. These are the Easy Steps to submit your Opal Story ....1) Fill in a "Title" that you feel best describes your story2) Tell your story in your own words and in your own way 3) If you have a photo you wish to share with your story - upload it ! 4) Fill in your name and location - this part is optional, but why not get the credit for your story! First names are fine .... 5) Submit your contribution. 6) And don't worry, if you want to change anything, on the next page you can edit by clicking on your text. You will also be asked to set your email Notification details. You do not need to give your email address - but as your submission has it's own URL Page, it does allow us to email the URL of your submission to you. It is highly recommended. Your email address does not appear on your webpage or anywhere else on our website. It will be used to only tell you information regarding your contribution. All you have to do is decide to choose which one of the links below best suits the "flavour" of your own story.... thenClick on the Link that you have chosen ... and follow the easy steps given.Opal Outback Time At Lightning Ridge :What was the most interesting place that you visited and enjoyed in Lightning Ridge?What are your best memories of your visit to the Lightning Ridge area .... Do you have any Lightning Ridge travel tips ? Share them here with your fellow opal travellers.... Opal Outback Time at Cooberpedy & Surrounds :What place did you enjoy most about your visit to Cooberpedy or it's surrounding areas of Andamooka or Mintabie?Share your special memories of your Cooberpedy visit ..... Share some of your travel tips about your visit to the Cooberpedy area. Quilpie, Yowah, Koroit & Winton Areas ( & any others!):Have you experienced the magic of any of the Queensland Boulder opal towns ? Tell us about your visit, what you really enjoyed about them.Do You Have A Different Opal Story ?If your Opal Outback Story does not quite fit into any of the above links,click this link to tell us your different opal story!We look forward to reading Your Opal Outback Story ...! P.S.. If there hasn't been any other contributions in the section that you choose - don't panic(!) - jump in and be an "opal trailblazer", write your Outback Opal Story and start the 'opal ball rolling' in that section .... ! P.S.S Don't forget to upload that special Opal picture - best fit would be a maximum of 800 x 600 pix.  When you submit your opal story, you will be asked to set your email Notification details. You do not need to give your email address - but as your submission has it's own URL address, it does allow us to email the URL of your submission to you. It is highly recommended so that you can easily locate your own webpage at any future time. Your email does not appear on your webpage or anywhere else on our website. It will be used to only tell you when and where your contribution is published. Please note : You cannot add any HTML Code through the following form. Do You Have A Different Opal Outback Story To Tell ?
If you have an opal outback story which is different, humourous or even a "yarn" that you've heard from somebody else ... share it here. Read Other Visitors Different Outback StoriesClick on the links below to read some interesting different Opal Outback stories written by other visitors to this page.
Opal Thieves in Yowah
My Aussie Journey To The Opal Diggings
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