Visit to the Perth Mint

Sara and the kids visited The Perth Mint today and totally enjoyed it. They were particularly fascinated with the demonstration of molten gold being poured to make a 200oz bar. The kids learned a lot about the minting process as well as facts about gold (as in "At what temperature does gold turn to liquid?" Answer: 1064.43 °C or just under 2000 °F).

They all enjoyed the fact that the mint was an easy commute as their tourist dogs are tired! We are glad to say that we went to dinner an hour earlier tonight, allowing Christa (and Zachary) to actually be awake throughout the entire dinner! Here you see evidence of Zachary being wide awake, drinking what Aussies call a Spider: an ice cream float made with lemonade (which is their word for a carbonated Sprite-like drink).

Funny memory from my workshop today... Somehow we got onto the subject of food, which led to me asking, "So guys, speaking of food... What's up with vegemite?" The class erupted with laughter at this American's reaction to this You-Have-To-Be-From-Australia-To-Get-It food item.

As the laughter dies down, one of the participants responds with a thick Aussie accent, "Oh yeah? I've got one fa you. What's up with Twinkies, mate?"

Touché!

We're earlier to bed tonight, thankful for another day of fun and learning!