White Cliffs moonscape a wonder to behold

Tim the Yowie Man
Updated March 18 2021 - 12:30pm, first published June 3 2020 - 12:00am
An aerial view of White Cliffs' pockmarked landscape. Picture: Destination NSW
An aerial view of White Cliffs' pockmarked landscape. Picture: Destination NSW

It's as if we've landed on the moon. Overlooking White Cliffs and spreading as far as you can see in every direction is a parched, treeless landscape pockmarked with the crater-like scars of opal mine shafts. In total, there's over 50,000 of them, most long abandoned, along with the hopes and dreams of those who dug them.

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Tim the Yowie Man

Tim the Yowie Man is a Canberra Times columnist, and an intrepid adventurer, mystery investigator, and cryptonaturalist.