From here onwards we have seen the coast of NSW already a couple of times before from when we were living in Sydney. We used to go camping with the Mulders and friends, stayed at Jervis bay a couple of times and also with Nicolet and family we have stayed on this coast.
So instead we decide to go inland. Just before the turn off we stop at Mogo. Initially to buy fresh organic eggs but then come to the Original Gold Rush Colony.
They are dog friendly and we decide to take the tour. It’s fun and interesting.
First we see a steam powered rock crusher which noise scared us all, Nossi the most. They take the crush dust and heat it up with mercury and cyanide and in the end have only gold left.
Then we look at a makeshift gold mine.
Later they made very small mines (more like a hole straight down, the size of a person) to look for gold. There are thousands of these holes, similar to the one we saw at Slaty Creek where a dog fell in.
Accommodation wasn’t much in those days and even our small bus seems like a castle now.
People were multi skilled and had simple diaries.
Gold was also a big attraction for some Chinese.
We also visited the pub and the the blacksmith.
After all this we finally came to the good part…panning for gold!
We find a while pot with gold, pity that the camera failed us.
Upon our departure two peacocks see us out.
Then it’s up the hills onto the great dividing range that runs along the east coast of Australia. There are more clouds and the temperature drops from 30 to 25 degrees.
And then we come to a reserve along the King Highway on the river. It’s nice but a bit noisy with day and night traffic.
a beautiful day.
Posted from Larbert, New South Wales, Australia.
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