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Yowah Opal Festival   18th - 20th July 2008
Yowah via Cunnamulla South West Queensland

The Yowah Opal Miners Festival to promote the Australian National Gemstone.

We the miners invite you to the Yowah Opal Field to celebrate this weekend commencing on Friday night.

Special Guests, Entertainment, Meals and Refreshments throughout the Festival
Licenced Bar
Special Opal Display
Walk in mine tours
Windlass Race
Tailgaters and Stalls
Spinning Wheel, Raffels etc.
Mini Gold comp.
Special Guests Nut Throwing contest
and much more.

Bar opens Friday Evening at 5pm, Saturday 11am to late, Sunday 11am till late
Breakfast: Saturday and Sunday morning from 6.30am till 9.30am
Saturday and Sunday Morning tea: Lunch: Afternoon tea: all day
Meals Catered: Dogga Dare - Friday, Saturday & Sunday Nights 6.30pm till 9.30pm
Finish Sunday Night

ENTERTAINMENT: Friday, Saturday & Sunday Nights
DYNA RAE: International Entertainer
Music & Singing by Serratonin, 60's & 70's originals & contemporary music

General enquiries or further information for the festival:  

GWEN BURNEY: PH: 07 4655 4738 - EMAIL: gwen.burneyAThotmail.com (replace the AT with @ )
or RTC (Rural transaction Centre) : 07 4655 7001 - EMAIL:  ycrtcATbigpond.com (replace the AT with @)

Stall Bookings: Steve Weir 07 46554765
Billeting: Contact Julie PH: 07 46554185

Jewellery Competition Entries: opalhutATgmail.com (please see separate link below)

Enjoy photos from the Festival celebrations

Photos of the entries in the Jewellery competition

Designer Jewellery Competition for information on the competition and a look at the winning pieces

Relax and enjoy a great evening meal, and then dance the night away
Novelty Events, Windlass Race Finals and Presentation of Awards

Designers and Metalsmiths - Enter the Yowah Opal Festival Designer Jewellery Competition. 

It is a gem of a place this little four block town in Outback Queensland, and we celebrate our uniqueness with an annual festival - The Yowah Opal Festival.  Yowah's opal celebration occurs on the third weekend of the month of July each year.    Located two hours drive from Cunnamulla on a sealed road.

World class museum specimens of Yowah Nut Opal, Ironstone Matrix Opal, Opalized Wood Opal, and Boulder Opal are on display as the locals share their prize collections with all.  The festival is fully catered and  licensed for the week -end.   Morning and afternoon tea, and three meals a day are cooked on the premises.   Fresh food is provided including pit roasts, bar-b-ques, and smorgasbord for a three day bit of variety, including breakfast all days and on Monday before  guests hit the track. Music and dancing is part of the festivities.

The townspeople encourage everyone to talk to a miner.  Yowah is billed as the "friendly" opalfield and the people gather to prove to you why.

The  town of Yowah is named after the opalfield it grew from, and the Yowah opalfield got its name from a creek that runs through it.  In the 1890's the Yowah opal centered nut was feverishly mined.  Today both the gem nut and its cousin, the opal matrix nut are equally sought after by both a national and an overseas gem market.

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