Learn About Gold Prospecting in WA - APLA Open Day 2021

APLA Open Day - Learn All about Gold Prospecting in WA.

Location of APLA Open Day.

An Overview of My Talk at the Open Day.

Online Tengraph Web and GeoMap Training Super Special on the Day.

APLA Open Day 2021

Last year APLA (the Amalgamated Prospectors and Leaseholders Association in WA) could not hold an Open Day for everyone due to Covid.

Well the GOOD NEWS is that is is being held this year and in fact Next Weekend on Sunday 28 November.

...so block out some time in your calendar and come along to learn all about Prospecting in WA from those who do it every day!

The APLA Open Day will be held in Beechboro on Sunday 28 November 2021.

It's free and open to Everyone.

There will be massive amounts of information provided to help you find gold and know how to do it within the rules.

I will be presenting a talk on the day and the talk will be an overview of the key things that you need to know to go prospecting legally in West Australia...

An Overview of Bill's discussion during the Open Day.

• There's 40000 People out There!
• Where Can I Find Some Gold?
• Where am I ALLOWED to Target Gold in WA?
• How do you know exactly where you are on the Ground when you are prospecting in WA?
• The Tools, a brief overview of Tengraph, GeoMap and Goldtracker.

Other Speakers will be talking about

• Safety in The Bush.
• Geology With Aaron from Reeds Prospecting.
• DMIRS - Prospecting in WA.
• AMSA and Rescue.

It is a great day for you to find out the things you need to know about prospecting in WA.

There will be many APLA members there and you can ask APLA members and the presenters about APLA and Prospecting for Gold in WA.

Come along and learn about APLA and Prospecting in WA - its free to attend and everyone is welcome.

(Disclaimer - Udo and I are (proud) members of APLA - We believe every prospector should be a member of APLA to protect their prospecting rights in WA in the future - just so you know!)

Location of APLA Open Day

the APLA Open Day is being held at Beechboro Swan Activity Centre 332 Benara Rd Beechboro from 10 am to 3pm.

It's free and there will be massive amounts of information provided to help you find gold and know how to do it within the rules.

I will be presenting a talk on the day.

The talk will be an overview of the key things that you need to know to go prospecting legally in West Australia,
...so you don't have to look over your shoulder when you are in the bush.
AND...You avoid fines for Illegal Prospecting...

It is a great day for you to find out the things you need to know about prospecting in WA.

There will be many APLA members there and you can ask APLA members and the presenters about APLA and Prospecting for Gold in WA.

Come along and learn about APLA and Prospecting in WA - its free to attend and everyone is welcome.

Return to Table of Contents

EXTRA SPECIAL at the OPEN DAY - Online Tengraph Web and GeoMap Training Access

If you attend the APLA Open Day we will have the Online GeoMap and Tengraph Web Training Bundled product available for $70 a saving of $104 on the full price of $174. But only for those that attend on the day!!

So if you DO NOT ALREADY HAVE ACCESS to this training this is an excellent time to buy it!!

The training consists of a number of items:

• Access to the Online lessons (Video and written format) for GeoMap and Tengraph Web. This does not have a time limit – you can do the training at your own pace.
• A Thumbdrive which has ALL the information and programs to support to the online lessons.

The Thumbdrive Has a massive amount of data and Information on it, including:

The GeoMap Program (we use version 1.9.10 of GeoMap and it is included on the thumb drive to save you downloading it.

NOTE: If you have GeoMap on your PC already there is no need to remove it unless you have a later version and would like to go back to Version 1.9.10 BUT version 1.9.12 and 1.9.14 work Ok with the files and folder provide.

The Thumb Drive includes all the Files and folders that you need in GeoMap so you do not have to download them yourself (about 6 gigabytes of data.)

• 100kGeoMaps - Has all the DMIRS 1:100k Geological Maps for WA.
• 100kTopomaps - No Maps included for topo but there if you want to add your own maps later.
• 250kGeoMaps - Has all DMIRS 1:250k Geological Maps for WA.
• 250kTopoMaps - Has all the DMIRS 1:250k Topographical Maps for WA.
• Data - A folder to save you own data such as, GPS points where you have found gold.
• Graticules - Has all the Graticular blocks for WA.
• Minedex - Has the Minedex database of Mines, discoveries, outcrops, for all minerals of WA.
• Projects - This will store the projects that you create with GeoMap (it has a Master project for every Zone in WA created for you).
• Tenements - Has the files you download relating to the Current Tenements – It is also where the Download Tenements APP stores Downloaded Tenements for your projects.
• Tracks - Here you store the tracks you create and those you save while you are travelling to or from a location.

(ALSO NOTE : If you already have this files structure on your PC that you got from other Training such as the APLA training then you do NOT need to copy this information across with the exception of the MASTER projects in the Projects Folder if you want to use them)

If you do not have the GeoMap program on your PC or the files setup on C Drive then you can use the “Copy to C” process on the thumb drive to copy all the files to your Windows PC.

GeoMap is a excellent tool for research and using with a GPS in the bush to find gold and know where you are on the ground.
APLA Perth Branch runs training prior to the Prospecting Season for members to learn how to use GeoMap.

There are also some excellent phone apps now that you can use in the field to Target Gold and know where you are, our APP Goldtracker will be released shortly...

However, if you cant make the Open day don't forget the Free GeoMap Training the link is below;

---

GeoMap Training - Link to Training Including Free Training

---

Return to Table of Contents

---

WA Corona Virus Update

WA Government Corona Virus Update Page

Return to Table of Contents

Gold Prospecting WA Facebook Page

...may you find plenty of gold nuggets in 2022

Regards

Bill on behalf of Udo and Bill at Gold Prospecting WA

Nobody gets ALL the gold. There’s still plenty left for you.

p.s. don't forget to like the Facebook page so you get updates on when the new Goldtracker App will be released.