Have had a great time here in Ballarat. Yesterday we took the kids over to Soverign hill which is virtually just across the rd from our caravan park. Kids really loved it there. Ethan and Sheldon went underground on a mine story tour with Graeme. Ash and I checked out the old shops while they did that. They got to see the red coats firing, do candle dipping, went on a coach horse ride and panned for gold. no one found any gold though lol. Was very interesting and the replica buildings are so good to look around. Will add some pics of soverign hill.
Afterwards we checked out the gold museum, got to see a giant gold nugget.
Today we went to the Eureka Centre and Ethan was glued to the documentary about the Eureka stockade - very interesting how a 1 hour battle (really a walk over) changed Australian democracy. We bought a few things from the gift shop including the blue and white Eureka flag that the miners fought under.
We took the kids to the Adventure Playland which they enjoyed. The playland was next to Lake Wendouree which has a yacht club and a rowing club and jetties but no water. Shows that the drought has been ongoing for years.
Relaxed by the resort style pool in the afternoon which was an ideal cool off after a hot day in the sun.
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