Opalton
# Opalton

Opalton is a rural locality in the Shire of Winton, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Opalton had a population of 64 people. The Opalton township is located adjacent to the Opalton Opal Field, one of the largest and most extensively worked opal deposits in Queensland.

## Geography

There are two protected areas within the locality:

* Bladensburg National Park in the north-west of the locality
* Lark Quarry Conservation Park in the centre of the locality

Apart from the protected areas, the land use is grazing on native vegetation.

## History

In the 2016 census Opalton had a population of 64 people.

## Attractions

Lark Quarry Conservation Park is at the end of Lark Quarry Access Road (23°00′55″S 142°24′40″E﻿ / ﻿23.0154°S 142.4110°E﻿ / -23.0154; 142.4110﻿ (tourist attraction)). It has the world’s only known dinosaur stampede site.

Scrammy Lookout is in Bladensburg National Park (22°33′19″S 143°08′15″E﻿ / ﻿22.5554°S 143.1374°E﻿ / -22.5554; 143.1374﻿ (Scrammy Lookout)).

The Opalton Opal Field is popular with tourists as a place for fossicking.

