Sovereign Hill: there until closing

Andy
The goldfields town at Sovereign Hill.

Sovereign Hill was an absolute delight. We arrived for opening and stayed until closing, fitting in the tours, demonstrations and historical plaques with considerable enthusiasm.

The goldfields town at Sovereign Hill.
The goldfields town at Sovereign Hill.
Reading up on life on the goldfields.
Reading up on life on the goldfields.

The recreated 1850s goldfields town gives you plenty to follow from one stop to the next. A horse-drawn coach passes the shopfronts, a demonstration gathers a crowd, and then there is something else being made or explained just along the street. We were very happy to keep investigating.

A horse-drawn coach passing the shops.

The clips capture some of that variety: the coach, a musket demonstration, the heat and glow of a furnace demonstration, and Shan trying the old-fashioned bowling.

A musket demonstration.

No historical plaque was being left unread if Shan could help it. The two-handed bowling technique also received a thorough trial. A day well spent in Ballarat.

A demonstration at the furnace.
Shan trying the bowling.