Roxby Downs Visitor Information Centre

11/10/2024

📢 The South Australian Mines Emergency Response Competitions (SAMERC) are just one week away! 📢

Come along and experience the intensity and skill of volunteer emergency response teams as they compete in realistic rescue scenarios!

This year, we have 9 teams competing, including a special entry from New Zealand:
🧯 Carrapateena
🧯 Kanmantoo Copper
🧯 Jacinth Ambrosia
🧯 Cadia
🧯 Prominent Hill
🧯 SIMEC Whyalla
🧯 Olympic Dam
🧯 Oceana Gold NZ
🧯 CSA Mine

Don’t miss this opportunity to witness the best in action! 🎉👷‍♂️👷‍♀️

Food vendors and activities for the kids will also be available throughout the event.

A free site bus tour of BHP Olympic Dam is also available!
11:30am on Saturday and Sunday. BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL!
Scan the QR code in the below poster to book your seat!

Please note that most public spaces, including the town oval, will be unavailable over the coming days as preparations for this important competition are underway!

We appreciate your understanding as we accommodate this important competition.

02/10/2024

Heading to the Opal Evolution Festival this Saturday ! Check out the Kinetic Shuttle Bus Roxby Downs / Andamooka return timetable:
🚍 Depart Roxby Downs (Richardson Place) ➡️ Arrive Andamooka (School Road)
4:30 PM ➡️ 5:15 PM
6:00 PM ➡️ 6:45 PM
7:30 PM ➡️ 8:15 PM

🚍 Depart Andamooka (School Road) ➡️ Arrive Roxby Downs (Richardson Place)
9:00 PM ➡️ 9:45 PM
10:30 PM ➡️ 11:15 PM
12:00 Midnight ➡️ 12:45 AM

🔹 Important Info
Anyone aged 16+ can use the bus service.
All children under 16 years must be accompanied by an adult.

No open food or drinks are allowed on the bus.
Let’s travel safely and enjoy the festival vibes! 🎉🚌🦖 🦕

Opal Evolution
5:00 PM Onwards:

• Live music with Alison and Barry from Coober Pedy, a licensed bar, and kids' activities.

• Street Parade:

• The parade will feature a giant puppet and inflatable Plesiosaur followed by vibrantly coloured lights and projections onto the Andamooka landscape. UV lights will help the paint fluoresce or glow.

28/09/2024

27/09/2024

Are you ready Roxby?
The World Food and Music festival will be here next month!
A family friendly, fun day for everyone with great entertainment, food stalls, kids activities, the Parade of Nations and so much more.
Saturday 26 October 3-10pm in the Roxby Downs Mainstreet.

14/09/2024

OPAL EVOLUTION, a unique grassroots community art and culture initiative in Andamooka, South Australia, is not just another event. Conceived by local artist Leila Day and developed in partnership with OSCA and Artistic Director Paul Gazzola, it offers an annual series of creative workshops and a yearly festival event that delve into the unique opal fields, the town's history, opalised fossils, ecological formations, and its rich palaeontological connections from the time it was the inland Eromanga Sea over 100 million years ago.

Opal Evolution seeks to reignite and strengthen the bonds between people through a common purpose by promoting cross-community collaboration and fostering artistic, cultural, and social engagement. It aims to become a significant and ongoing opportunity for the far north communities of SA.

The first Opal Evolution Festival, scheduled for October 4th to 6th, 2024, is just the beginning. With plans to grow in size and scale, Opal Evolution aims to become a nationally recognised community arts festival by 2027, when Andamooka hosts the Australian Opal Symposium.

Come along and take part in this new and exciting regional festival of light, projection, visual art and community parades that brings outstanding local and regional SA artists and community together.

PROJECT ARTISTS:
Leila Day
Paul Gazzola
Nic Mollison
Amber Archdale
Tony Hannan
Laura Wills

PROJECT PARTNERS:
Arts South Australia
Country Arts SA
Creative Partnerships Australia
Lang Family Foundation
Foundation SA
Nature Festival South Australia
Andamooka Opal Showroom Underground Opal & Mineral Museum
Andamooka Undergound Art Galley
Roxby Council
Roxby Link
Woomera Observatory
Andamooka Observatory
Andamooka Opal Fields Tourism Association
Cal the Stoner
BSH

CURRENT and PAST WORKSHOPS
Digital Drawing with Laura Wills / April 2023
Projection Design with Nic Mollison / May 2024
Lighting Design with Nic Mollison / Jun 2024
Costume making and mobile puppets with Tony Hannan / July 2024
Digital Drawing with Amber Archdale / Every Sunday from the 8th to 29 Sept
Inflatable sculptures with Tony Hannan / 14 & 15 Sept
Lighting and projection design with Nic Mollison / 1 – 3 Oct
Costume making and mobile puppets with Tony Hannan / 30 Sept to 3 Oct

PLUS MORE! STAY TUNED
For more information contact Leila Day: 0466265377

30/08/2024

22/08/2024

13/08/2024

06/08/2024

Market Day - Saturday 10/08/2024
Richardson Place, Roxby Downs

The Banner is out! Come see all of the Amazing stall holders this Saturday from 9am

04/08/2024

Arid Recovery has a working bee on Saturday, the 10th of August. We need help fixing our fence. Lunch will be provided to all volunteers as a token of our appreciation.

Please email [email protected] or message via Facebook if you can make it.

Working-bee details
When: 9:30am, 10th of August
Meeting point: Main Gate of the Reserve on the Borefield Road
What to bring: Closed-in shoes and pants, hat, water, gloves (if you have your own)

We hope to see you there.

02/08/2024

The Roxby Downs Races Cup is THIS SATURDAY 🎉🏇

Don’t miss out on this iconic country cup day in the heart of South Australia’s Outback! 🌞

🎟️ Get your tickets today here - https://hubs.li/Q02JlbLW0

27/06/2024

21/06/2024

🏁 Saturday & Sunday fun! Come out and watch us do our thing! 🏁

17/06/2024

08/06/2024

27/05/2024

24/05/2024

Farina Bakery - now open until 21st July.
A lovely spot to explore or camp the night.

FARINA

Underground Wood Fired Oven.

"The Farina Restoration Group head baker Kerry Storer has been hard at work with his team of fellow volunteers getting ready to open the most remote underground bakery in Australia.
Here’s a photo of the first bread baked for the 2024 season. We open tomorrow morning, Saturday 25th May at 8-00am."