Sovereign Hill was a walk back in time to the early days of the gold rush. Set up as it was then when GOLD fever was in everyone's blood.
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What a truly fantastic place to walk around. All of the people that work here do so voluntarily and make it such an authentic place to be. Live street fighting and squabbles were cool to see. there is a running stream through the middle of the town and you can pick up a shovel and pan and dig til your hearts content. They place gold in the river for you to see some colour in your pan but only if you know how. We showed the girls how to dig and pan and before long Bingo. GOLD! fever had struck. Lily loved panning and found some herself. We bought a little glass vile to hold our riches and we will take it home with us. We watched candle making, Went underground into mine (great show) and even went ten pin bowling like the old days. Timber ball and very old set up but just like it was in them days. A truly magic part of our family holiday. As we left we spent about half our in an amazing gold museum with the Huge nuggets on display that had been found in the area. Back to the van for me to rest up on a massive days travels and events.
Goldfields Big 4 Caravan Park
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