Laws and Crooks Conquer Victoria 2017 - Day Two

With Sovereign Hill just up the hill from the super awesome Big 4 Goldrush caravan park it made perfect 'cents' to us to take the Crook family back in time to the 1800s... Back home we have a historic settlement called Old Tailem Town. A great museum which shows what life was like for people living in the local area around the same time. Where Old Tailem Town differs is the history (riverboat vs gold rush) and the money invested (Tailem is pretty good but Sovereign Hill is laid out over a large area, has paid employees and volunteer staff, has lots of stores where you can purchased food, souvenirs, memories...) Our kids enjoyed experiencing an open carriage wagon ride, mine tour, scones with hot chocolate, so many things we loved doing last year. We also found the time to play nine pin bowling, purchase a fan or two and find out so much more about the history of gold mining in the local area. Seeing a $100,000+ bar of gold get smelted was a real highlight from the day and we have a list of experiences we want again when we get to go back for a few hours tomorrow. Then of course is it back on the road, headed south as we have a house to sit. Hoping that our amazing friends BB and Roh and the kids are having a brilliant o/seas experience someplace much (much) warmer... Many thanks for your incredible generosity. Laws and Crooks are on the road again...