SOVEREIGN HILL

SOVEREIGN HILL

We went to Sovereign Hill in Ballarat today even though it was cool and overcast we had a really good day and recommend to anyone down this way to pay a visit. The whole area depicts authentic life during the early gold rush days of Ballarat. We were there at opening and just managed to fit in the Gold museum (the entrance fee is included) before closing time and had little time to rest. The exhibits and activities were excellent, check out the website to see all available. 
We went down into what was a working mine, saw a real gold ingot poured, peered into and took photos of all sorts of stuff. No paved roads here either just gravel and the natural ground.

The wheel making demonstration quite surprised us, we had just enough time to fit it in towards the end of the day and didn’t really think it would be up to much but it proved to be very entertaining and interesting.

We finished up at the Gold museum where there was lots of lovely gold nuggets, some of them found very recently using metal detectors,  and replicas of some of the famous large nuggets found such as the Welcome Stranger.

If you manage to get here, our advice – don’t dawdle, there’s heaps to do and see and who knows you may find a gold speck or two at the gold panning.