A trip to Melbourne-Gold Town of Supreme Mountain

Australia is called' a country sitting on a mine car', and its mining industry can be traced back to the sporadic development of copper mines in the southeast in 1840 to the gold rush that really established its reputation in 185 1 year. From 185 1 to 186 1, overseas immigrants flooded into the Victorian colony.

According to some data, in 1836, the population of Melbourne was only 177, in 185 1 year, the population was 29,000, and in 1854, it had reached1230000.

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Sovereignhill is located in Ballarat, an ancient gold panning city in Victoria, about 90 minutes' drive from Melbourne. Since 19 discovered a gold mine in 1950s, with the gold rush, many people trudged all the way to pursue their dreams.

/kloc-After more than 0/00 years, it has won the National Award of Australia's major tourist destinations twice and has become a must-see cultural tourist attraction in Australia. From the remaining gold rush, it seems that people can get a glimpse of dreamtimes where passion and blood are everywhere.

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Ticket information

Tickets for Sovereign Mountain are valid for two days, mainly including two parts: one is sightseeing in the town, and the other is the Gold Museum. But if you just want to go to the Gold Museum, you can buy a ticket separately.

Originated in official website.

The price of an independent gold museum

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The gold museum is smaller than expected, and you can browse it roughly in about half an hour. Mainly some gold nuggets, gold products, coin collections and other past life items and video materials.

A clock with a long history

02 Supreme Mountain City Sightseeing

After that, it was an exciting trip to the town. Actually, this is my fourth visit to Melbourne. At first, I knew that the gold mine town originated from the leaflets of tour groups. The beaming faces of two beautiful women holding a piece of gold and westworld's sense of sight have been deeply imprinted in my mind. But because of the arrangement of each trip, it has been missed.

As soon as I entered the gate, I knew it wouldn't let me down, and suddenly I seemed to have crossed into the American drama westworld.

20 18 once my friends and I watched the opera "We Will Rock You" at Hobart Royal Theatre, and I felt that the decoration of the two theaters had the same effect.

Since 1850, more than 40,000 China laborers have come from coastal areas of China, such as Fujian and Guangdong. At that time, the colonial government gathered miners from China and established China Village, where special officials were responsible for protecting China people from harassment and discrimination by hostile European and American miners. China village has China grocery store, Chinese medicine shop and Guan Gong Temple.

When I was wandering in China Village, I met some lively and enthusiastic little angels. As soon as I saw us and Kurome with black hair, I immediately thought that we were from China. My little hands crossed and kept saying "hello, hello" to us. I am always happy. I told them the correct method, and they happily kept saying thank you to me in English.

It was not until they ran away that I realized that I couldn't record this scene. I secretly regretted it, but I met the red girl on the road.

I asked them if they could take pictures. She was so happy that she ran to her other little sisters and shouted' Sister, Sister …'. They also consciously did the above actions. Looking at their heartfelt smiles in the picture, especially the little girl in the red sweater, I feel that I am going to be melted. At that time, I didn't notice that most of the little angels' gestures were reversed.

Now, it is said that about 160 staff will work here in their old clothes.

Tips: If you meet any staff on the road, even the shop assistants make you feel the urge to take a group photo, you can simply ask them if they can take a group photo. The people here are very friendly and will certainly not refuse your request. And you don't need money ~

Every afternoon at 1 30: 00 in Gold Mine Town, there is a guard of honor in red for 20 minutes of patrol and shooting performance. My friend and I went late at that time, so we missed it without making a good strategy. It is said that five people will bypass the main street of the town first, and then shoot at a fixed site.

There is also a very famous photo studio here. You can put on the ancient costume of the gold rush era and take a retro photo as a souvenir. The first thing many people do when they get here is to go to the studio to make an appointment to take pictures. Then I missed it because I didn't do the raiders!

There is also a groundbreaking theater performance called "Blood on the Southern Cross", which tells the story of the riots in Eureka that year. Through the specially designed sound, lighting and theater background, visitors can still feel the extremely tense atmosphere at that time.

On the way to visit the town, I occasionally meet the unexpected cross-dressing show of the staff. Walking in the street at that time, I saw two staff members, a man and a woman, who seemed to be quarreling because of parting. I didn't react in the fog for a while and froze, only then did I realize what had happened.

There are also two famous activities, one is to explore underground gold mines, and the other is to watch an alchemy show. Writing here, my heart is bleeding, because I didn't do the raiders, and I feel that I missed hundreds of millions.

There is a special guide to explain the underground gold mine during the opening hours, which will help you to understand the real situation in a deeper level. The performance is mainly to watch how the alchemist melted 3 kilograms of gold and put it into a grinding tool to turn it into gold bars. If you are a VIP tourist, you can also hug 3 kg of pure gold bars.

In addition, if you like to send postcards, you can also choose to buy stamps and postcards in Gold Town and send them on the spot to get a unique sovereign mountain stamp.

In short, the gold mine town is worth a visit. Like me, I still felt very satisfied before I went home to write this travel note. In addition, there is a children's area on the right of the door, where there is a long slide. I'm not ashamed. My friends and I started playing several times when we first watched it. It's exciting and interesting. If you are interested, don't miss it.

If you are reading my article, you will go to Gold Town one day. Please learn from our lessons and make preparations in advance! ! ! Although the place here is not big, there is Gan Kun here. After missing so many activities, I once felt that I had gone to a fake gold mine town.

Finally, the activity schedule given by official website is attached.

I like to remember to pay attention to Uncle Xiaoliang ~