P&A GoGoGo 2: mining

Saturday, 28 April 2012

Sovereign Hill, Ballarat ~ Where people found GOLD

TIME to WORK!! Dig all the gold you can find! At Sovereign Hill, Ballarat, we can experience the life of the gold diggers in the 1850s. Sovereign Hill is an outdoor museum. It will take about one and half hour drive from Melb to Ballarat. Entrance fee is quite expensive, $45 per pax. But it is a really different experience with lots to see.

P's father looks like a Chinaman who come here to dig gold in those times. But he seriously got some gold pieces from his very first time. And we can put them in a little container as our souvenir.

Candle shop

Gold Pour show, this block of gold is worth AUD140,000!
He will hold a 'shotgun' when he gave the gold block to a little kid to feel the weight of AUD 140k. So that no one dares to runaway!

Entertainer and Magician

Gangster and Artist

There always some actors inside the shop or along the streets, so it really feels like back to the old time.

Oh, the Chinese shop close so early! We need to buy some ‘lap cheong’!

Friday, 20 April 2012

Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park

We got to know that Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park must not be missed from Lake St Clair visitor centre. But we have limited time to visit it as we only have few days left to complete Cradle Mountain and back to Devonport.

The weather for the coming days is not looking good at all. Foggy and rain. Leaving the lake, a short drive we came to the Franklin NP area. The first stop is Surprise Valley. Boy, it is the right name for this place. When we reach this lookout, it was completely covered with fog. After 10mins of taking ‘white’ pictures, the fog cleared a bit and we could see the outline of this valley. So mysterious and beautiful!

Franklin River

Next we stopped at the Franklin River Nature Trail walk, just a short walk to the Franklin river.

From there, we continue to drive past Burbury Lake. We know we had to stop here! Look at this:

Having coffee by the roadside, taking in the beautiful foggy morning and the peaceful lake. It’s the kind of scenery you would only see in television!