| Meet Peter |
 I don't know about you, but I like to do business with people I
know. You don't know me. I don't know you. So we have an immediate
disadvantage. You will know me ten years from now but life is short,
money is short, and time is money, so we really need to get down to
doing some immediate business if both you and I are going to benefit
from our newly found connection. [this shot was taken when I still had lots of hair]If you've read my web pages you already know a bit about me, but just to add a little more. My wife Renate is from a German background, and I am a fruit salad mix of Italian, Irish, English, Swedish and who knows what else.  We were married in 1968, traveled Australia doing a
voluntary work for about ten years partially in the outback among the
opal miners, which is where I first came in contact with opals. We have
two girls, Anita and Cindy. We have lived in the same home for around
20 years. We bought the block when things were cheap but now, a house
on the river, as it is, would be too expensive, so we were lucky. From
our house you can throw in a fishing line or jump in your boat and
drive to town on the water if you like. ( I had a boat once but it
sank. I'm not much of a seafarer)
About the same time we bought our home, I established an opal and sheepskin store called 'The Miner's Hut'. My nephew now runs that shop. I still supply them with opals and they manufacture sheepskin car seatcovers and all shorts of luxury sheepskin goods, including UggA® boots. Since I'm getting a little lazy these days, I'm just doing some opal mining with partners I have at Lightning Ridge and cutting opal here at the coast. My sales rep, Keith, covers Australia and New Zealand with all sorts of opal souvenirs, jewelry, and stones. I have a 3000-acre property at Lightning Ridge called "Opal Ridge" which has 600 acres of good black soil that I contract out to grow wheat. The rest of the property is Ridge country where opals are found. Some of the world's best stones have been found near our property by hard working miners who have taken up mining rights to prospect. You see, the farmers only own the top of the land. Anyone can take out a Miner's right and dig, as long as they obey the rules. (Which they don't at times, causing no little disagreement between them and the property owners) The brilliant lady who put together this web site, Barbara Spear, is actually a customer of mine. She is a Corvette writer in America and while on holidays in Australia she bought some stones from me at the Miner's Hut. She was so happy with the business we did, that she wrote me a letter expressing appreciation, and told me about the new Internet system of doing business. She offered to put my site together. It was a rather hurried affair, and I really did not know at the time what I should be saying or doing, but anyway, the response has been remarkable and now with my site manager Wes Mahony's help, we continue to refine it This gives you a few more details about me. If you want to double check, just E-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it in the US for a reference. She has an excellent business name and is a very generous and kind lady. I am very fortunate to have come to know her. Her references have made international transactions in the US very easy. In fact, if you are a little insecure about sending credit card details to me here in Australia, you can email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , or any of the other happy customers who have kindly given their approval to use their names and email numbers for reference. Kind regards, and best wishes for your future Peter Brusaschi
Our family has been in the mining industry for some time
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