DanMeasey
Dan standing beneath an excavator boom under the Milky Way.

Dan Measey

Opal miner. Tour operator. TV personality. Coober Pedy, South Australia.

Discovery's Outback Opal HuntersSecond-generation minerWorking Coober Pedy claim
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From the ground up

Opal is the thread through all of it. I work the fields in Coober Pedy, run night tours on my own claim, and sell Coober Pedy opal direct to collectors around the world. Discovery viewers may know me from Outback Opal Hunters. If you're planning something in Coober Pedy (a venture, a film, or a visit), start here and I'll point you in the right direction.

The work

A few different hats.
Same red dirt.

Merchant

Unearthed Australian Opal, established 2022. Opal direct to the world.

Visit the store

Seen on

  • Discovery's Outback Opal Hunters
  • The Adelaide Show, episode 377
  • SA Government small-business feature
  • Unearthing Opal Live: opal auctioned live from the mine, a world first

Off the clock

After the
machines stop.

When the machinery winds down, the camera comes out. A few frames from the claim and the road, with more on the photos page. See the photographs

A worn armchair beneath the window of a ruined stone cottage, in black and white. Tree limbs woven through the doorway of a ruined stone building, in black and white. Two rock wallabies nose to nose on red rock. Two limestone sea stacks standing in the surf at dusk.

Make contact

Planning something
in Coober Pedy?

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