Mining Museum

On our last day of school holiday we decided to go and check out one of the museums in town.  It was a pretty cool little place.  The kids really enjoyed it. 

Here are the kids in front of the museum, Will is back by the garbage can, or should I say rubbish bin. 

 Here are the girls in this super old phone booth in front of the museum.

 At the start of the museum they had this little coloring station.  The kids colored emus, kangaroos, dingos and wombats. 

We got to ride on the elevator up to the top of the old mining structure up to a look out.  It was definitely the kids favorite part.  Here is a video of the ride up the elevator. 

 Here we are at the top.  Gotta love that cheeser!

 Here we all are with two different views of beautiful Kalgoorlie!

Will loved this stuffed echidna! He would get down in it's face and have a great conversation. 

 Here are the girls with a dingo. 

 Had to include a snake. 

 Behind the museum they had a bunch of replicas of old houses and stores that used to be in Kalgoorlie. This one is an old miners house.  The kids loved it!

 For some reason, my kids really loved the toilet. 

 I loved how there was this sign specifying that you should not actually use this as a toilet.  Haha!

 Here's Will sitting on the toilet....can't believe that could be in my near future!  Okay, in probably like a year from now! 

 This was a tiny little mining quarters from back in the day.  It was a train car as well. 

 This rooster was just wandering around the museum the whole time.  Of course, the kids thought it was great. 

 Here is an old type writer. All the kids were pretty impressed. I can't believe that I am old enough to actually remember doing homework on a type writer!  Ah!

 Here is an old safe. 

 Not sure what this is.  Something old and cool looking. 

 I liked this old building. 

 Here is a miners camp. 

It was a pretty fun museum.  Another must see if you come to Kalgoorlie! :)