1. Written by Abbey Harford SOVEREIGN HILL CAMP 2014

2. HORSE AND CARTS WERE GOING AROUND SOVEREIGN HILL AS A RIDE AND EACH TIME IT PICKED UP NEW PASSENGERS YOU GOT TO PAT THE HORSES.

3. GOLD PANNING WAS AN ACTIVITY YOU COULD DO TO TRY AND FIND GOLD IN THE CREEK WHERE THEY PUT GOLD IN EVERY MORNING

4. AT SOVEREIGN HILL THEY HAD MODEL HOUSES THAT YOU COULD ENTER AND LOOK AT

5. THE TEMPERATURE IN BALLARAT IN THE MORNING WAS MINUS 2 DEGREES

6. THERE WERE LOTS OF CHINESE STORES ON THE GOLD FIELDS

7. WE WENT TO A CANDLE DIPPING DEMONSTRATION AND I MADE MY OWN CANDLE

8. THE CHINESE TEMPLE WAS ON DISPLAY AT THE GOLDFIELDS

9. IN ONE OF THE SHOPS THERE WERE OLD DRESSES IN THE WINDOW

10. THERE WERE LOTS OF TENTS AT THE GOLDFIELDS

11. RASPBERRY DROPS WERE A COMMON FAVOURITE OF THE STUDENTS

12. THERE WERE LOTS OF PEOPLE TRYING TO FIND GOLD IN THE CREEK

13. THE SOUTHERN CROSS IS THE SYMBOL OF THE EUREKA STOCKADE

14. WE WROTE WITH AN INK AND QUILL

15. THERE WERE OLD SAYINGS IN THE CLASSROOM

16. WE WATCHED A BLACKSMITH DO A GOLD POURING DEMONSTRATION This is worth over $100,000

17. THANK YOU