2013
Australian (& some NZ!)
Gem & Mineral Calendar

CROCOITE - Dundas, Tasmania
(photography F. Coffa)

 Crocoite, Dundas, Tasmania

A large number of these shows are organised by lapidary and craft clubs. Many mineral dealers and tailgaters attend, and they are often a good source of minerals for swapping and purchase. (If readers would like their club or group dates to be included on this page, please email the web master with details).

2013

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2014 Shows TBA . . . .

 

February

 

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March

  • Sat 2 - Sun 3 March 2013
    North Brisbane Lapidary Club Gem and Jewellery Festival

    Saturday 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
    Sunday 8:30 am – 4:30 pm

    Aviation High School, Widdop Street Hendra Brisbane SE Qld
    email: info@nblc.com.au - www.nblc.com.au

  • Fri 8 - Sat 9 - Sun 10 March 2013
    Minerama, Glen Innes, northern NSW Annual Gem Show
    Corner of Lang and Gray Streets, Glen Innes
    Minerama is held annually 2nd weekend in March at Glen Innes, NSW. This gem show is one of the largest annual gem shows in NSW and features fossicking field trips for a variety of gems in the area (eg. sapphire, garnet, topaz, quartz crystals, etc). Field trips are suitable for both beginner and expert fossickers with some locations not normally open to the public. The gem show has a large number of traders in gems, lapidary supplies, minerals, fossils, jewellery and much more with gemmologists/faceting experts in attendance for advice throughout the weekend.

  • Sat 16 March - Sun 17 March 2013
    The  Hobart  Gem Mineral & Fossil Show 2013 -  Tasmania ’s  Hidden  Treasures
    presented by The Lapidary Club of Tasmania Inc, supported by The Mineralogical Society of Tasmania, at the Grandstand Hall, Hobart Showground, Glenorchy , Tasmania
    For further information     Ph. Rosemary Aheimer (03) 6249 1408  or  email  kaheimer@bigpond.net.au

  • Sat 23 March - Sun 24 March 2013
    East Devonport Jewellery Gem & Mineral Fair
    organised by the Devonport Lapidary Club Inc, & Burnie District Gem Club Inc. at the East Devonport Primary School, Thomas Street, East Devonport. Tas Saturday and Sunday 23rd & 24th March, 2013. 9am to 4pm

    For further information :Collene Donaghy ph 0407165005 or email  nekloc@gmail.com

     

  • Fri 29 March - Mon 1 April 2013 (Easter)
    49th GEMBOREE - Murray Bridge, South Australia
    Australia's national GEMBOREE 2013 will be held in the city of Murray Bridge in South Australia, near the Victorian border. Australia's premier mineral, fossil, gem and lapidary event. Great displays and hundreds of sellers.

  • Fri 29 March - Sun 31 March 2013 (Easter)
    Warwick Rockswap - Warwick SE Queensland
    Antiques, bottles and of course ROCKS! Warwick showgrounds.

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April

  • Sat 13 - Sun 14 April 2013 
    Canberra Rock Swap - ACT     
    830am to 5pm (Sat) 8:30am to 4:00pm (Sun)
    Wagtail Way, EPIC - Exhibition Park

    Fossickers & dealers. Crystals, minerals, rough & cut gemstones, opals, fossils, lapidary supplies, jewellery. Sieve for sapphires
     
    Food available - No entry cost

    For further information in the first instance on any of these events please contact the Club's Show Convenor, Norm Menadue on (02) 6258 6631

  • Sat 20 April 2013
    Gatton Gem Show, Gatton Sports Centre, SE Queensland
    Gem, Wood & Pottery Show Tailgating stands and dealers.

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May

  • Sat 4 - Sun 5 May 2013
    Redcliffe Gem Show, SE Queensland
    The venue for 2013 is the Southern Cross Catholic Campus, Nottingham Street,  Kippa-Ring the Redcliffe Peninsula Queensland, north of Brisbane.
     

  • Sat 18  - Sun 19 May 2013
    Lismore Gemfest, Lismore, Northern NSW
    At Lismore Showgrounds Ph 02 6688 8280
     

  • Sat 25 May 2013
    Mt Gravatt Gem Show (Brisbane, SE Qld)
    Mt Gravatt Lapidary Gem & Lapidary Society clubrooms,
    1873, Logan Road Mt Gravatt.
    Entry off Carsons Lane Mt Gravatt, Brisbane. (off Logan Road, Mt Gravatt,
    almost directly opposite Maccas!

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June

  • Sat 1 - Sun 2 June 2013
    Gunyah Lapidary Club Annual Display
    Mt Cootha Gardens Auditorium - Brisbane SE Qld
    Ph 07 3266 5060

  • Saturday 1- Sunday 2 June 2013 - Canberra ACT
    Canberra Lapidary Club's Winter Gemcraft and Mineral Show
    10am-5pm
    Exhibition Park (EPIC), Flemington Rd Mitchell, ACT
    $5 adults, $9 family, $2 children/concession 

  • 36th Joint Mineralogical Societies Seminar
    Sat 8 - Sun 9 June 2013
     Theme: ‘The Wonderful World of Minerals’
    SYDNEY - New South Wales
    Ryde-Eastwood Leagues Club, Ryedale Road, West Ryde

    The Seminar will be held in the Ryde-Eastwood Leagues Club, Ryedale Road, West Ryde, Sydney. (The suburb is correctly West Ryde, not Eastwood as given previously). The Leagues Club is in the corner of Wattle Street with Ryedale Road about one hundred meters from the West Ryde suburban railway station and the junction of Ryedale with Victoria Road.

    All Seminar activities other than field trips or Australian Museum and private collection visits will be held in the Club which has substantial convention and catering facilities. Activities will include the Seminar dinner on Saturday evening 8th of June and mineral and micro-mount displays and sales probably on Monday the 10th of June.

    Interstate visitors and attendees from outside Sydney will be advised about suitable accommodation in the West Ryde area which has a number of hotels. It is hoped that there will be field trips to one or more locations held in conjunction with the Seminar but details have not yet been finalised.

    Seminar Dinner, Micromounters Session and Mineral Market:
    Please visit again for information

    Field Trips:
    Please visit again for information

    Seminar Presentations and Speaker List:
    Please visit again for information

    Contacts:
    If you require further details please visit:
    http://www.minsocnsw.org.au
    or email: bglaking@tech2u.com.au

  • Sat 15 June 2013 
    Deception Bay Gem Show
    Community Hall, Corner of Ewart Street an Raymond Terrace.

  • Sat 29 June 2013 
    Gold Coast Gem and Craft Show - Gold Coast Queensland
    80 Pacific Avenue Miami (Pizzey Park next to Olympic Pool)
    Ph Alan 07 5571 6436

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July

  • Sat 13 July 2013
    Caboolture Gemfest - SE Qld
    To be held Cabolture Historical Village Beerburrum Rd. Caboolture, SE Queensland.

  • Sat 20 - Sun 21 July 2013 
    Townsville Gem and Mineral Gem Show
    Mineral displays, lapidary and silversmithing demonstrations, rough and cut gems, refreshments and lucky door prizes.

    At the clubrooms 96 Mooney Street Gulliver, Townsville North Queensland
    Contact Elethia Brady on 0411 800 944 for more information.

  • Sat 27 - Sun 28 July 2013
    Cairns Mineral and Lapidary Gem Show
    Club rooms, 129 Mulgrave Road, Cairns, far north Queensland

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August

  • Fri 2 - Sun 4 Aug 2013 
    Kybong Rock & Mineral Fest and Campout at Cooloola Rocks and Minerals, Kybong, SE Queensland
    1 Lobwein Rd, KYBONG, Qld 4570
    Phone/Fax (07) 5483 5252
    (Just a few kms south of Gympie on the Bruce Hwy and only about 2 hours drive north of Brisbane)
    Email John & Cecile Steenbergen: Cooloola Rocks and Minerals

  • Sat 3 Aug 2013
    Ipswich and District Lapidary Club Show, Ipswich, SE Queensland
    Showgrounds, Warwick Road, Ipswich
     

  • Thur 8 -11 Aug 2013 
    GemFest - Festival of Gems
    Anakie - Central Queensland Allen King Memorial Park
    Australia's largest gemstone and jewellery exhibition held annually.
    Celebrating and showcasing sapphires, crystals, fossils, minerals, precious and semi-precious gemstones, lapidary and jewellery.  Four days of exhibitions, workshops, entertainment, prizes and demonstrations to keep you busy.
    For more information contact the Event Coordinator on 07 49854 375
    Email:  info@gemfest.com.au
    www.gemfest.com.au
     

  • Sat 18 - Sun 19 August 2012
    Central Queensland Gem Show, Yepoon, Central Queensland

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September

  • Sat 7 Sept 2013
    Waterloo Bay Gem Show, Hemmant, Brisbane, SE Queensland
    Hemmant Community Hall, Coner of Ramsay and Brandt Streets, Hemmant, Qld
     

  • Sat 14 - Sun 15 Sept 2013
    Bribie Island Gem Show, Bribie Island, SE Queensland
    Arts Centre 191 Sunderland Drive, Banksia Beach, Bribie Isd.
     

  • Sat 28 - Sun 29 Sept 2013
    Caloundra Gem Show, Caloundra
    TBA

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October

  • Sat 5 Oct 2013
    Beenleigh Lapidary Club Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show, Beenleigh, SE Queensland. 
    Beenleigh Showgrounds, Beenleigh, Qld

  • Sat 5, Sun 6, Mon 7 Oct 2013
    GEMKHANA - Mudgee NSW. 
         The competition brings entries from all across NSW and quite a few from interstate.

  • Dealers and tailgaters will attend.

  • We will have demonstrations and children’s activities.

  • Refreshments will be available

  • Plenty of parking

  • Wheelchair access

  • On-site camping is available

Info: www.gemlapidarycouncilnsw.org.au  
Marilyn 02 9635 8218, Arthur 02 4572 5812

  • Sat 26 - Sun 27 Oct 2013
    Toowoomba Lapidary Club Gemfest Gem and Jewellery Show
    All items are FOR SALE. 
    Centenary Heights High School, Assembly Hall, Ramsay Street,
    Toowoomba, Qld. Sat: 9.00-5.00, Sun: 9.00-3.00.Ph: N.Kleidon (Chairman) on 0420 664 181; or D. Radke on (07) 4636 1612 or 0417 611 820;

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November

  • Saturday 2- Sunday 3 November 2013 - Canberra ACT
    Canberra Lapidary Club's Spring Gemcraft and Mineral Show
    10am-5pm
    Exhibition Park (EPIC), Flemington Rd Mitchell, ACT
    $5 adults, $9 family, $2 children/concession

  • Fri 8, Sat 9 and Sun 10 November 2013 
    Parramatta-Holroyd Lapidary Club’s annual exhibition
    At our clubrooms, 73 Fullagar Rd, Wentworthville NSW (western Sydney)
    Competitions, displays, demonstrations, sales, children’s activities, refreshments, plenty of parking, wheelchair access.

    Info: phlapclub@hotmail.com  Denise 9674 4192, Ian 9636 3662

  • Sat 9 and Sun 10 November 2013 
    Bundaberg     Gem and Mineral Society Gemfair - Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show. Bundaberg SE Qld
    Civic Centre, Bourbong Street Bundaberg. Queensland.

  • Sat 9 - Sun 10 Nov 2013
    Zeehan, West coast Tasmania
    Zeehan Gem & Mineral Show
    held at the Basketball Stadium, Zeehan Primary School, Belstead St. Zeehan, Tasmania. Contact Kim Dunstan Ph 03 6471 6553,
    Email: kimdunstan@activ8.net.au

  • Sat 16 Nov 2013
    SUNCOAST GEM & FOSSICKING CLUB SHOW
    Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast SE Queensland
    Mooloolaba State School, Douglas St, Mooloolaba.
    8:30 am - 4:30 pm

    Kay Chambers kaychambers1950@gmail.com

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December

  • TBA

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