It's been a while since we've been to a gem show. Personally I've been out of it spiritually wise and haven't been interested in crystals but it was Hubby's birthday last week and even though he went an got himself some crystals already I knew he'd want to go.

This was us late Friday night discussing whether or not we should go and trek out to Bankstown on Saturday morning.

We got both our tumbled stones collections out to see what we were missing or needed. After some time it boiled down to whether or not I can wake up early enough since our double bed was getting picked up on Saturday arvo and we needed to be back home at 3pm.

I felt Hubby get up and knew he was keen and as must as I wanted to get up with him, my body just said no and I went back to sleep.

I eventually woke up with a back rub and a mug of bone broth.

Ya. He was keen to go fo sure.

So we made the hour something trip down the mountain. A brave trip from my perspective since I've got budgie bladder but we were there before I knew it, largely thanks to the nap I had in the car.

The Gem Expo!

After paying our entrance fee of $7 each and filling in our lucky door prize entries we walked in and immediately my eyes were drawn to this amazing lamp.

Actually this whole section was my absolute favourite. They had the nicest crystals at reasonable prices and the price difference became more apparent as we walked around.

They had amethyst caves.

Amethyst slabs, that glorious celestite cave.

Here's a closer look at the celestite cave.

Look inside. 😍😍😍

These guys are actually my favourite gem show sellers. I pretty much go just to see if they have anything new. Most of my specimen collection came from them.

This time around I was attracted to the palm stones. They were big, bold and beautiful and something I didn't have.

Our rare tumbled stones supplier was also there which was the main reason Hubby wanted to go as I had crystals from her that he didnt get last time.

Variety wise she had the most. Price wise she was the most expensive, we actually think her prices have gone up since we last saw her which made me very glad that I bought everything I wanted from her 2 years ago.

While hubby was looking for tumbleds I decided to go for a wonder and see what everyone else had.

Lovely carved pieces.

Polished fluorite.

The reason I decided to go...
Labradorites!! 😍😍😍

One of the first crystals I was ever drawn to was labradorite. I felt it really helped me get on the "train" and improve my connection but it's been a while since I've picked it up.

Recently though it's been calling out to me and if there's one thing I have actually worked on it's listening to my gut instincts and following whatever inklings and leads that may come up and I was determined to come home with one.

One of the things I love about labradorites are the flashes of colour when they're polished and viewed at a certain angle.

I feel like it's a crystal that reminds us not to judge anything at first glance because unpolished and raw, it really doesn't look like much, but once it's been given some love it shines. It also has some great metaphysical properties too.

Over all it was a pretty good expo!

There were a few items I wish I got but that's ok there's going to be another show in 2 weeks time lol

So!! What did we end up getting?

That's for tomorrow's post! 😉