Saturday, May 5, 2012

Tourist bonanza: Mining Museum

Our tourist extravaganza continued this weekend - beginning at the Britannia Mining Museum.

It was a fun place; not like a typical museum (where you read and look at things). Instead we donned on hard hats and jumped abroad a train into the heart of an old mine:


Our guide then demonstrated tools miners used in the 1920s. They were deafening!

David also had a go at making his fortune - by gold panning:


Alas our fortune was not made; we'll need to try other tactics!

CS

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