Wellington Caves Cont.

Wellington Caves Cont.

Formation that looks like Santa's face
 

Wellington Phosphate Mine & Wellington Caves

We took a tour through Wellington Mine and Wellington Cave.  The mine dates back to 1914 with 6000 tonnes of phosphate mined during the four year.  The phosphate was used for fertiliser.  Megafauna bones have been found in the mine and are dated back 2 million year.  They are still visible in the mud walls today.

Wellington Cave are made up of limestone caves and date back 400 million years.  The cave is famous for its huge stalagmite which is 32 metres in circumference at the base and 15 meters high.

Wellington Phosphate Mine

Phosphate

Fossil (teeth of an animal)

Fossil of a Diprotodon

We spent a day at Canberra.  We went to Parliament House and the Royal Australian Mint.  The boys favourite was the Mint as they were able to make there own $1 coin.

The Mint produces coins only and the notes are made in Melbourne at Note Printing Australia




Parliament House



House of Representative
 



The Senate



The Old Parliament House



Parliament House

Foyer in Parliament House

Royal Australian Mint (Money in the stairs)



Coins in the container



Money being made at the Mint

A Day at Perisher.  William and Andrew took on the ski's. Shane and Matthew took on the snowboard.  First time on the snow for William, Matthew and Andrew.  It didn't take them long to learn to ski and snowboard.

William on the Ski's

Selfie on the chair lift

Andrew on the Ski's

Matthew on the snowboard

The boys ready to take on the slopes

And Shane hasn't forgotten how to snowboard

Driving along The Alpine Way headed for Thredbo.  Setup camp 10km out of Thredbo and taking on the slopes tomorrow.



We found some snow on the side of the road. Enough for
a snowball fight.

Snow on the mountains

Ice on the road

More Ice on the road