Whilst visiting hill End we took a trip to history Hill Museum and stepped back in time. We managed to have a good chat with Malcom Drinkwater who started the museum.
What a museum full of everything you can think off and a good learning for the younger generation to see how life was back in the gold rush times.
Enjoy an introductory lecture and 15 minute history video featuring Hill End and some of its earlier residents. Then explore over 10,000 gold rush artefacts, steam engines, stamper batteries, items of colonial history, convict history, the proclamation and for the adventurous, 175 metres of underground mine.
The Son of Hope, was built for purpose, safety, location, education, authentic history and above all people visitation with easy access.
There are 175 metres of underground mine ready for visitors to experience.
The mine is regularly inspected for safety compliance, includes firefighting equipment, is well lit and has a backup power supply.
History Hill portrays the reality of a goldrush with tools and conditions as real as you can get from the 1800s. It is one thing to look at pictures, the real dimension evolves with impact when you get close to the real thing.
It is believed to have contained 3,000 ozs. of gold. This is the largest single mass of gold ever known to be recorded and it wasn’t a one off.
Next on the show Phill is chatting with Jeff DeAth from Check Weight.
This weeks topic is the hot topic about the Queensland blitz on van weights. As well as pulling over they are educating travellers and also handing out infringements.
There have been stories on Facebook, and there was also reports on a horse float that did not contain the horse but the float was over weight. Listen to what Jeff has to say on the matter.
Check out the Check Weight website, they have many different articles that you can read, to help guide you through how to load your van properly but also guides for checking your weight but also book through Check Weight to get your van weighed properly. https://checkweight.com.au/free-report/
