Sovereign Hill - Ballarat, Jan 2011.

We spent a day at Ballarat with Danny and Fiona. Danny and Shane went fishing for the day and Fiona, me and the kids went to Sovereign Hill. It is a very interesting place to visit as it has a gold mine and the whole place is set up how life used to be in the olden days.
Hailey loves the horses.

There were people walking around dressed as if it were 100 years ago.

The carriage ride was alot of fun.

In the carriage.

The red coats marching by.

We left the gold panning till last as we know what H and B are like around water. You are meant to pan for gold at the edge but both of them couldnt resist getting in and it didnt take long for Ben to be laying down in all the muddy water. Here he has a big spade used for digging up the dirt.

Here is Hailey having a go at panning. It is surprisingly hard to do and after a long time, I managed to find a sliver so we then put it in a glass jar and took it home.

We then headed back to the hotel and went into the pool. Fiona let the kids have a swim around but I wasnt game to get in as the water was icy cold! They werent in there for long.

Then we headed to our hotel room and the kids jumped in the spa bath to warm up. It was surprisingly large with four beds! It was a very nice place to stay.

After falling asleep during dinner, Hailey and Ben couldnt make the walk back to our unit so Daddy carried them. Two exhausted kids