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 There are two public attractions here: the tour and the gold pouring. The tour is a bit of a misnomer because the rooms inside are being renovated at the moment so we don't actually move from this spot. The things in the wheelbarrow are replicas of some of the largest gold nuggets ever found. The gold pouring was interesting to watch. There, as well as giving more information about the history of the mint, the same tour guide demonstrates how molten gold is removed from the furnace, cast into a bar and cooled in water. The gold bar used is worth about £150000 and is the same one which has been melted and re-cast seven times every day since the tours started over 20 years ago. Through windows, you can also watch the actual business of the mint: people operating the modern machines which produce gold, silver and platinum coins. There's nothing there to tell you what each machine is actually doing though. UTC Time: 03:30, Tuesday 04 February 2014 Local Time: 11:30, Tuesday 04 February 2014 Estimate of longitude: 115° 52' 9.62" E = 115.869340° Estimate of latitude: 31° 57' 26.50" S = -31.957360° Possible error on position estimate: 200 metres | |