Cool night though it soon warmed up to 24 deg with not a cloud in the sky or a drop of rain!
Today we drove off to the Australian Prospectors and Miners Hall of Fame. We booked in for the underground tour and the gold pour demonstration and as a bit of fun we took the opportunity to make our fortune by doing some gold panning.
The underground tour took us down 120mtrs to the first level to see the tunnels and chambers where the gold was extracted up until 1967 when it declared exhausted of all payable gold. On to the gold pour when gold was poured from a white crucible into a bar,though we were told at the end that it was actually not gold but other minerals giving the same effect.
The gold panning yielded us a few specks of gold which we picked up with some cello tape which we were told was probably worth more than the gold speck.
Here we also learnt about the history of prospecting and mining in Australia. www.mininghall.com
We drove into the Boulder part of the town and walked the historic main street and were fascinated by the many building still standing from the turn of the century and which are still in use for some retail businesses. www.boulder.com.au
Back to the caravan for a late lunch and some quiet time before going out for dinner in Kalgoorlie.
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