Before heading to the coast we stopped in the town of Richmond to check out the dinosaur museum and so some fossiking. Millions of years ago this whole area was covered by ocean which was home to several species of marine dinosaurs. Over the years hundreds of skeletons from these ancient creatures have been uncovered and it is one of the few places on earth with these kind of dinosaurs. We drove out to one of the many fossiking sites and tried our hand at digging in the dirt to see what we could find. After a couple hours of scratching and digging we found a couple beautiful sea shells and the fossil remains of some type of fish scales. It was a very interesting day to say the least. We then went into an old gold mining town and took a tour of the ancient gold smelter. It was a lot of hard work back then and they would use liquid mercury to separate the gold from the ore. Needless to say they didn't realize how poisonous and deadly mercury can be and hundreds of the town folk died at a very young age due to the pollution from the mill operation.
The old cemetery is filled with families and young children who perished here, many in unmarked graves.
We finally headed to the coast and hit the beach in Rollingstone. Our caravan park was right on the ocean with hundreds of coconut palms. Bob couldn't resist gathering a few and extracting the juice. With all this fresh juice on hand the only thing left to do was buy a few local pineapples and make pina coladas. Yum!
Bob's brother Allan and wife Delphine spent a couple days with us as well so we had a great time sitting on the beach for our happy hour. Later that evening we were entertained by a family troupe who played and sang for us. Everyone gathered around with their drinks of choice, pulled up a chair or found a soft grassy seat and enjoyed the entertainment. It is good to be back to the warm sun and sandy beaches again.
Not sure about the guy with the strange tattoo but on that note, we'll see you later alligator!
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