Yowah Nut Tag Alongs

Located in the heart of Outback Queensland, the Yowah Nut Tag-Alongs Tour offers visitors a true outback adventure combining opal fossicking, local history and stunning desert scenery. Guests follow an experienced local guide in their own vehicle on a relaxed three-hour tag-along tour visiting several unique locations around the famous opal mining town of Yowah. Along the way, participants learn how to fossick for the region's world-famous Yowah Nuts — rare ironstone nodules that can contain dazzling opal hidden inside.

The tour also showcases the rugged beauty and rich character of the Yowah opal fields, with guides sharing stories of life in the outback and the history of opal mining in the region. Guests finish the experience with traditional billy tea, bikkies and bush poetry, creating an authentic and memorable taste of country hospitality.