The document provides a summary of activities from Day Two of the 2014 Year 7 camp from Wattle Grove Primary School in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. It describes a bush breakfast, gold panning near Lake Douglas, and a tour of the historic mining town of Coolgardie. Some highlights included learning how to make jaffles over the fire, finding small pieces of gold while panning, and seeing the preserved camp of one of Coolgardie's last old prospectors. The day ended with dinner and a quiz night back at camp.

1. Wattle Grove Primary School
2014 YEAR 7 CAMP TO
KALGOORLIE
DAY TWO: Tuesday
• Bush Breakfast
• Gold Panning
• Coolgardie Tour
• Evening – Quiz Night
Wattle Grove Primary School
2014 YEAR 7 CAMP TO
KALGOORLIE
DAY TWO: Tuesday
• Bush Breakfast
• Gold Panning
• Coolgardie Tour
• Evening – Quiz Night

2. Bush Breakfast under way

3. Mr Petch - Egg spert

4. Bread sperts

5. Ready to go…

6. Sharon talking to students

9. Teaching everyone how to make a Jaffle

10. Jaffle iron in the coals of the fire

11. Getting the Jaffle out…

12. And putting it on the plate…

13. Everyone having a go at making their own Jaffle

15. It’s looking good…

16. Time to eat…

18. Gold Panning near Lake Douglas
Collecting quartz rocks to crush

19. Searching a dry creek bed

21. Equipment ready to go…

22. Demostrating what to do…

24. Waiting for some crushed rock to search…

26. Ms Roberts came along to see the panning action…

27. Mr Sherlock assisting the search…

28. Carefully pouring off the dirty water…

29. Some little specks of gold…

31. Alyssa shares a piece of gold with Ms Roberts

32. Sharon sticks gold pieces to miners rights slip

33. Having a break and refreshments…

35. Coolgardie Tour…
Last of the old prospectors – Jack Carin’s Camp…

36. Jack even had a doghouse for his dog

37. Jack died in 1979 and his camp is fenced off to preserve it.

40. Lunchtime in a lovely park in the centre of Coolgardie

42. Playground facilities as well…

44. Warden Finnerty’s House
One of the first buildings built by the Bunning Brothers when they first came to WA

46. Lion’s Lookout with Coolgardie below
Minehead and boiler from the Ford and Bailey Mine

48. Coolgardie Cemetery
Ernest Giles, the explorer is the most famous person in the cemetery

49. But there are many stories to be told about some of the other people in there…

50. Walking up the main street of Coolgardie

52. The old courthouse building is now the tourist centre and museum

56. Old Coolgardie Safes – not safes, but the original evaporative refrigerator

57. Blacksmith’s Forge

58. Great display of all sorts of bottles

61. Foot operated industrial style sewing machine

62. Diver’s suit, used to rescue trapped miner Modesto Varrischetti, from flooded mine in 1907, after
9 days. Coolgardie is famous for this rescue and the discovery of gold in 1892 by Bailey and Ford.
They brought in 554 grams of gold and received 2200 pounds or about $776 000 at today’s value.

66. Ready for Dinner

67. Buttered Chicken tonight

69. Readying dishes for washing and drying

70. Quiz Night
In groups ready to begin the Quiz Night

72. THE END