Day 17  |  We played 'tourists' today!  We headed back through to Cromwell and the Gorge, and went to the Goldfields Mining Centre to try our luck at a little Gold Panning! 

We started off walking around the old China Town set up.  The boys loved the old little stone buildings and looking to see what was inside them.  Then we had a guide talk us through the History of Gold Mining in NZ before showing us two of the old pieces of Gold Mining equipment that was still working. 

And then finally the boys got to try Gold Panning.  No gold today, but had fun trying!