Explore Grawin Opal Fields, New South Wales, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Grawin Opal Fields, NSW map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — Geoscience Australia topographic mapping and the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 sheets — plus a labelled MGA grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Grawin Opal Fields, New South Wales, Australia. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of New South Wales or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Grawin Opal Fields and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the Geoscience Australia National Base Map — seamless topographic mapping covering the mainland, Tasmania and the external territories. NATMAP 250K shows the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 map sheets, mosaicked nationwide — the printed sheets generations of Australians navigated the outback with. The search box finds any Australian town, suburb or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Grawin Opal Fields.
Reading the map like a paper sheet. Click Grid to overlay the Map Grid of Australia (MGA), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as an MGA grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what emergency services and search and rescue work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need mobile coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load, which across much of inland Australia is most of the time.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Locality | Grawin Opal Fields |
| State | New South Wales (NSW) |
| Local Government Area | Walgett Shire Council |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT) |
| Remoteness | Very Remote Australia |
| Latitude | -29.66568 |
| Longitude | 147.61768 |
| Area | 66.3 km² |
| Postcode | 2832 |
| Area Code | 02 |
| Distance to Sydney | 578 km northwest |
Grawin Opal Fields is a locality in the Walgett Shire Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The locality covers an area of 66.3 km². It lies approximately 578 km northwest of Sydney. Grawin Opal Fields is located at 29.6657°S, 147.6177°E. It observes Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT). Postcode: 2832. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Very Remote Australia.
Grawin Opal Fields lies under a vast, pale sky, a place where the earth bares its secrets in a patchwork of red dirt and scattered scrub. It lies 306.0 km north-north-west of Dubbo, NSW (from Dubbo, NSW: bearing 342°T), and is situated 47.7 km south-west of Lightning Ridge. The landscape here is one of subtle undulation, a terrain sculpted not by grand mountains but by the patient work of wind and water over millennia. Bleached skeletons of ancient trees, gnarled and twisted like forgotten sentinels, punctuate the horizon, their forms stark against the endless expanse. The air itself carries a dry, mineral tang, a whisper of the riches hidden beneath the surface, and the light, especially as the day surrenders to evening, bleeds across the land in hues of ochre and bruised plum. Dust, a constant companion, hangs in the air, lending a softness to the sharp edges of the corrugated iron roofs and the utilitarian structures that dot the scattered settlements.
The story of Grawin Opal Fields is intrinsically linked to the discovery of its iridescent treasure, a boom-and-bust cycle that has shaped its character and economy for generations. This is a place where the spirit of the opal miner, a hardy and optimistic breed, endures, their lives dictated by the promise of a strike that could change everything. The local economy, though lean, is fuelled by this enduring hope, a reliance on the precious stones that wink and gleam from the dark earth. Beyond the mining, the surrounding country is vast cattle grazing land, a sea of dry grasses stretching to meet the distant haze. Life at Grawin Opal Fields moves at its own measured pace, a quiet resilience etched into the faces of its inhabitants, a testament to their ability to thrive in this elemental corner of the world.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Grawin Opal Fields, New South Wales. Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorially written description provides background on Grawin Opal Fields, in the Walgett Shire Council local government area.
Detailed location data for Grawin Opal Fields includes the postcode (2832), telephone area code (02), and local government area (Walgett Shire Council), with an ABS remoteness classification of Very Remote Australia. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Australian city, town or locality.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any Australian town, suburb or landmark by name; offers Geoscience Australia topographic mapping and the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 sheets as base layers; overlays a labelled Map Grid of Australia (MGA) so the map can be read like a printed topographic sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as an MGA grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require mobile coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020) and enriched with GeoNames and Australian Bureau of Statistics data, matched by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Grawin Opal Fields is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | October 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; © Geoscience Australia National Base Map and NATMAP 1:250 000 (CC BY 4.0); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |