Easter 2012–Day 5
Today was an extra day we decided to have in Ballarat, so we had a sleep in, which was a good thing seeing how it was windy, raining & cold enough to freeze the nose off a polar bear (keeping it clean in case of any underage reading!)
We decided on cooking breakfast – the traditional camp food, bacon & eggs, in the communal kitchen, which was dry and warm, and free of smoke until we started to cook.
We ventured out to do some shopping in the centre off Ballarat, easily we found a Rays Outdoors & bought up on warmer jackets & a pair of walking boots for Brendan, he seems to out grow every pair we buy within months ! We also purchased a gas heater fitting which fixes to the gas bottle, that’s David trying to make me more comfortable.oh he’s so sweet – you know what they say – happy wife good life !. Next stop, a Coles store for a few extra items we needed & Liquor Land for a few drinks for me. As it was still raining & viscously cold even with our new jumpers on,we decided to treat Brendan to a warm easy meal at the local Macca’s which was located on Battery Hill, where the Eureka Stockade took place.
After dropping the food off at the campsite we went back to Sovereign Hill ( was a complementary extra day ticket ) to see a few of the extra shows we missed. We saw pure gold being smelted & poured into moulds. A pantomime about robin hood & red riding hood in the Victoria Theatre. We also experienced a under ground mine tour of when miners were trapped under ground in the 1800’s in which 22 people lost their lives, we went on the mine trolleys in total blackness, Brendan couldn’t see my hand in front of his face until it hit him, then another commentary & light show, it wasn’t bad but could have been better.We tried our luck at gold panning again, but only managed to obtain a small flake. By now it had started raining again, we decided to head over to the Gold Museum for a look. There were a few interesting items on show and was nice and warm,.We viewed some large nugget’s of gold, coins, old memorabilia & machinery, but every other person visiting the area had decided to do the same thing so it was packed.
Must try out the new heater tonight !
