I went out one night and shot some images of the Buildings in Ballarat. The gold era certainly put some money into town planning and the terrific architecture was testament to that.
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Self portrait
The old hotels are still original
Family holiday for 6 months around Australia. Switching off for a while to remind ourselves of why we are doing what we do. Enjoying time with our little family that we have created. Creating some great memories and taking some awesome photographs as well.
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Tuesday, 27 September 2022
A Walk Back In Time - Sovereign Hill
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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