Today IT SNOWED! only for five minutes but those five minutes just happened to be when the Year 5 St Joseph's students were about to get their hands wet in the freezing Arrow River as MINERS!!

Luckily, the students were wrapped up warmly (unlike many of the miners 150 years ago!) and they all survived the bitter cold. In fact some so well they found gold while others panned non stop for the full 45 minutes! Well done. Others made butter... the old fashioned way with a peg, a pottle of cream and ARM POWER!

Students also explored the museum looking at our many display's on all things GOLD! And they heard stories about several of the old buildings along Buckingham Street. They saw where a miner would tie up his horse, purchase his supplies, bank his gold, post his letter and even buy a beer!!

We hope you had a good time and look forward to hearing your comments on this blog!