Today we are off to the Australian Mint where the make Australian money. I initially thought they made all money here but, they just do coinage and special coins, metals etc. Very interesting place to go and you are able to view the production floor where the blanks are turned into coins. It seemed a bit strange to me that the orginal coins made in a run used to be called the proof coins, now it seems they have a special process to make proof coins, and the original coins from the run are now just set aside and called uncirculated. Seems to be creatin there own little market for these proof coins, but I suppose in reality the also create the market for the normal coins we use!

They did have lots of information on the making and history of coins, which made interesting reading for the adults. Finally the kids got to mint their own $1 coin (for the cost of $3!), which they thought was good.

After this we returned to the War Memorial, and enjoyed a lunch in their main cafe, which was good food for good value, an unusual thing in Canberra! Kids had a good time interacting with the rest of the exhibits in the kids area.

Next we visited Cockington Green, which is a place where there is small replica's of many of the famous buildings around the world. Very well done and heaps of fun for the kids. The girls loved the inside display where there were dolls houses with miniture funiture, beds, curtains and mini everything else. They also had a mini steam train which we got to ride on. Then we walked around the world villiage with minitures from each country.

The place was rather well done as it included things like the Stig from Top gear, as well as things like police finding a body in the park, right through to Stonehenge replica.