Wattle Grove Primary School2014 YEAR 7 CAMP TOKALGOORLIEDAY TWO: Tuesday•Bush Breakfast•Gold Panning•Coolgardie Tour•Evening – Quiz Night

Wattle Grove Primary School2014 YEAR 7 CAMP TOKALGOORLIEDAY TWO: Tuesday•Bush Breakfast•Gold Panning•Coolgardie Tour•Evening – Quiz Night

Bush Breakfast under way

Mr Petch - Egg spert

Bread sperts

Ready to go…

Sharon talking to students

Teaching everyone how to make a Jaffle

Jaffle iron in the coals of the fire

Getting the Jaffle out…

And putting it on the plate…

Everyone having a go at making their own Jaffle

It’s looking good…

Time to eat…

Gold Panning near Lake Douglas

Collecting quartz rocks to crush

Searching a dry creek bed

Equipment ready to go…

Demostrating what to do…

Waiting for some crushed rock to search…

Ms Roberts came along to see the panning action…

Mr Sherlock assisting the search…

Carefully pouring off the dirty water…

Some little specks of gold…

Alyssa shares a piece of gold with Ms Roberts

Sharon sticks gold pieces to miners rights slip

Having a break and refreshments…

Coolgardie Tour…

Last of the old prospectors – Jack Carin’s Camp…

Jack even had a doghouse for his dog

Jack died in 1979 and his camp is fenced off to preserve it.

Lunchtime in a lovely park in the centre of Coolgardie

Playground facilities as well…

Warden Finnerty’s House

One of the first buildings built by the Bunning Brothers when they first came to WA

Lion’s Lookout with Coolgardie below

Minehead and boiler from the Ford and Bailey Mine

Coolgardie Cemetery

Ernest Giles, the explorer is the most famous person in the cemetery

But there are many stories to be told about some of the other people in there…

Walking up the main street of Coolgardie

The old courthouse building is now the tourist centre and museum

Old Coolgardie Safes – not safes, but the original evaporative refrigerator

Blacksmith’s Forge

Great display of all sorts of bottles

Foot operated industrial style sewing machine

Diver’s suit, used to rescue trapped miner Modesto Varrischetti, from flooded mine in 1907, after 9 days. Coolgardie is famous for this rescue and the discovery of gold in 1892 by Bailey and Ford. They brought in 554 grams of gold and received 2200 pounds or about $776 000 at today’s value.

Ready for Dinner

Buttered Chicken tonight

Readying dishes for washing and drying

Quiz Night

In groups ready to begin the Quiz Night

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