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  1. Ben-GoldDiggers

    Palmerville Gold Q&A

    I stepped away from Palmerville guys. Not sure what the response time is like but the old email and phone has been shut down
  2. Ben-GoldDiggers

    Palmerville Gold Q&A

    Be cautious, the place gets in your blood. Glad you guys had nice trips.
  3. Ben-GoldDiggers

    Palmerville Gold Q&A

    See the photo of the fire north website. Just got back from the burn. That’s about 50000 acres. It will probably end up 60-70000
  4. Ben-GoldDiggers

    Palmerville Gold Q&A

  5. Ben-GoldDiggers

    Palmer River.

    60-70cm and heaps of them mate
  6. Ben-GoldDiggers

    Palmerville Gold Q&A

    Nah not mine, they are the guests. I dont have the time to do much, i think i have done 30 hrs total up here. Mostly training and helping people.
  7. Ben-GoldDiggers

    Palmerville Gold Q&A

    A couple of better bits that have come out over the last month
  8. Ben-GoldDiggers

    Palmerville Gold Q&A

    Yeah no problems just showing up, but the paperwork is quicker online.
  9. Ben-GoldDiggers

    Palmerville Gold Q&A

    Hey mate. I don’t manage it all mate. If it was left to me it would all fall over. Thanks to some very good people it all mostly runs smoothly. Mostly, we have been a bit crap lately but getting it up and going now
  10. Ben-GoldDiggers

    Palmerville Gold Q&A

    Registered. See my above post for easy rego
  11. Ben-GoldDiggers

    Palmerville Gold Q&A

    Creeks are running everywhere at the moment and good sluicing and panning is being had. There are 2 or 3 creeks that run year round
  12. Ben-GoldDiggers

    Palmerville Gold Q&A

    Easy as mate. Had 2wd towing normal vans in there
  13. Ben-GoldDiggers

    Palmerville Gold Q&A

    There is pay to prospect at Georgetown but nothing else around us. palmervillegold.com.au is the place to book
  14. Ben-GoldDiggers

    Palmerville Gold Q&A

    I understand that frustration. The problem with it is that part of that charge covers insurance, all the infrastructure which gets used and a portion also goes back to the traditional owners. That’s why we have put on the $250 a week rate for a couple/family. Normally for 2 people at $25 a night...
  15. Ben-GoldDiggers

    Palmerville Gold Q&A

    Concessional rego for prospecting. Easy as pie in qld https://www.qld.gov.au/transport/registration/fees/concession/other-concessions Vehicles used by bona fide prospectors (not miners) This concession is available for vehicles based in Queensland that are used solely for carrying on the...
  16. Ben-GoldDiggers

    Palmerville Gold Q&A

    Side x sides are 100% fine as above. Just quads are going
  17. Ben-GoldDiggers

    Palmerville Gold Q&A

    It’s not that complicated really. Pick a track edge to light and run it to a creek as a firebreak. It’s really quite simple
  18. Ben-GoldDiggers

    Palmerville Gold Q&A

    50,000 acres would be burnt in strips. Probably 8 strips of ground. Did it last year.
  19. Ben-GoldDiggers

    Palmerville Gold Q&A

    Rain. 2 days before we planned to burn 50,000 acres in the fossicking area we got 140mm so it’s put the burn off for a few weeks
  20. Ben-GoldDiggers

    Palmerville Gold Q&A

    The station runs on ch16, the road crew on 40 and Palmerville gold on 14.
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