Carol and I went to O'Briens Creek for Easter and although we put bugger all effort into looking for topaz, we managed to find a couple. We also stopped into Lava Plains Fossicking Area on the way back and got a couple for our 1.5 hours digging. We got a 62 & 120 carat clear topaz and a couple of 5.5 carat saphires. The saphires are hard to see into and are not cleaned up fully yet even using a good light. Yeh I know, they look like ordinary rocks.
I think we will be making another trip back to Lava Plains in the future. ]
Cheers
Doug