April 4, 2022
There was a new venue – and more stalls – at the South Burnett Gem and Fossicking Club’s third annual gem show on the weekend.
The two-day show was held at the Wondai Sportsground, the same venue as the Wondai Garden Expo which will be held on April 16-17.
Stalls were spread along the edge of the oval and inside the Lions Pavilion.
Treasurer Paul van Schyndel told southburnett.com.au more than 30 stalls had booked in and some latecomers had also turned up on the morning.
Many of the exhibitors had camped overnight at the sportsground.
Stalls featured everything from precious and semi-precious gem stones, in rough or polished form, to jewellery and fossils.
There was also a plethora of “witches’ fingers” (ie. quartz crystals) to keep the keenest alternative medicine practitioner happy.
At one stand, junior rock hounds could purchase small, uncut thunder eggs and then watch as they were expertly split on a spinning saw to reveal their colourful interiors of agate or chalcedony.
There were also lucky door prizes to be won plus lucky dips and raffles.
Related articles:
- Polished Performance By Gem Club (2021)
- Gem Show Really Rocked! (2019)
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