bottle digging
Australia
62 researched sites3 legal to collect
Adelong NSW: Reefs & creek diggingsOld dump ground · Permission required
›Ararat VIC: Canton Lead goldfieldOld dump ground · Permission required
›Arltunga NT: Central Australia's first gold rushOld dump ground · Prohibited, look only
›Ballarat VICOld dump ground · Permission required
›Balmain: Mort Bay and harbour foreshoreTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Bathurst NSW: first inland town & goldRiverbank · Permission required
›Beechworth VICOld dump ground · Permission required
›Beechworth VIC: Ovens goldfield townOld dump ground · Restricted
›Bendigo/Ballarat VIC goldfieldsOld dump ground · Permission required
›Brisbane River banksRiverbank · Gray area
›Broome: pearling-lugger foreshoreTidal mudflat · Permission required
›Burra SA: Monster Mine copper townshipOld dump ground · Restricted
›Castlemaine VICOld dump ground · Permission required
›Castlemaine VIC: Mount Alexander diggingsOld dump ground · Restricted
›Charters Towers QLDOld dump ground · Permission required
›Charters Towers QLD: 'the World' gold cityOld dump ground · Restricted
›Chiltern VIC: goldfield townOld dump ground · Restricted
›Clunes VIC: Victoria's first gold townOld dump ground · Permission required
›Cooktown: Palmer goldfield portRiverbank · Permission required
›Coolgardie WA: golden-mile gatewayOld dump ground · Permission required
›Cossack WA: abandoned pearling portTidal foreshore · Restricted
›Creswick VIC: deep-lead goldfieldOld dump ground · Permission required
›Croydon QLD: Gulf gold townOld dump ground · Permission required
›Darwin: East Point WWII foreshoreTidal foreshore · Restricted
›Echuca VIC: Murray River paddle-portRiverbank · Permission required
›Fremantle: Swan colony portTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Goulburn NSW: Southern Tablelands townRiverbank · Permission required
›Gulgong NSWOld dump ground · Permission required
›Gulgong NSW: 'ten-dollar-note' gold townOld dump ground · Restricted
›Gwalia WA: Sons of Gwalia ghost townOld dump ground · Restricted
›Gympie QLDOld dump ground · Permission required
›Gympie QLD: colony-saving goldfieldOld dump ground · Restricted
›Herberton QLD: tin & tableland townOld dump ground · Permission required
›Hill End NSW: gold-rush ghost townOld dump ground · Restricted
›Kalgoorlie WAOld dump ground · Permission required
›Kalgoorlie WA: Golden MileOld dump ground · Restricted
›Kiandra NSW: alpine snow-gold ghostOld dump ground · Restricted
›Launceston TASRiverbank · Permission required
›Maitland NSW: Hunter River townRiverbank · Permission required
›Maldon VIC: preserved gold townOld dump ground · Restricted
›Maryborough QLD: Wharf Street river precinctRiverbank · Gray area
›Maryborough VIC: goldfields junction townOld dump ground · Permission required
›Melbourne: Little Lon privy beltOld dump ground · Permission required
›Moliagul-Dunolly: Golden Triangle diggingsOld dump ground · Licence or permit
›Newcastle NSW: Hunter coal & HoneysuckleTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Ophir NSW: first payable goldOld dump ground · Permission required
›Port Adelaide: mangrove mudflatsTidal mudflat · Permission required
›Port Arthur TAS - AVOIDTidal foreshore · Prohibited, look only
›Queenscliff VIC: pilot-town front beachTidal foreshore · Open
›Queenstown TAS: Mount Lyell mining moonscapeOld dump ground · Gray area
›Ravenswood QLD: heritage mining landscapeOld dump ground · Restricted
›Richmond TAS: convict village on the Coal RiverRiverbank · Restricted
›Rutherglen VIC: goldfield wine townOld dump ground · Restricted
›Sarah Island: Macquarie Harbour penal stationTidal foreshore · Prohibited, look only
›Silverton NSW: silver-boom ghost townOld dump ground · Permission required
›Sofala NSW: Turon River gold townOld dump ground · Permission required
›Stawell VIC: Pleasant Creek reefsOld dump ground · Permission required
›Swan Hill VIC: Murray River townRiverbank · Permission required
›Sydney: Cockatoo Island convict dockyardTidal foreshore · Prohibited, look only
›Sydney: The Rocks (watch, don't dig)Old dump ground · Restricted
›Walhalla VIC ghostOld dump ground · Permission required
›Williamstown: Gem Pier foreshoreTidal foreshore · Open
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