Friday, 29 April 2022

Day 75. Yass

Friday 29.4.22




Lap of the oval this morning before we go wandering. 






















Children's garden 



Margaret Whitlam pavilion. 
Hot!! Coffee with a spectacular view 
Zigzag garden track we walked down and came up the side.
Some of the garden beds on the track.



  

Creeping Thyme ⬆️Bonsai Gardens.⬇️







Nepal Janiper
Common Hawthorne, 1960
Box leaf privet, 1860.
Japanese Maple, 1983

Views heading back towards Dairy Farmers Hill.



After about 3 hours and nearly 5kms of walking at the Arboretum we moved on. Interesting map showing the zigging and zagging.







Next off we visited the Mint.







1966 Australia changed to decimal currency. There was a little jingle to go with the video below.

Proof room


Titan the robot tipping the blanks into the hopper, they then get vibrated in to a single layer on the conveyor belt and counted before going up in the bucket elevator. 








Stairs full of 5 cent coins.
Olympic bronze medal was made from old 1 and 2 cent pieces. 

The 'For Valour' coin has the name of all 100 recipients of the Victoria Cross medal on it.
By the end of our Mint tour my headache from this morning was throbbing, so we headed back to the van for some quiet time.








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