Questacon

Day four saw us wake up, have breakfast and then go to QUESTACON. We were so excited to go there. We all started in the Excite Room where we tried the free fall slide. Those of us that weren't keen on free falling found many other things to do. Then we all went off in our groups to explore the other rooms. At 11am we watched a show on motion. It was entertaining, informative and engaging. Quite a few of us were selected from the audience to participate in the show.

Cockington Green

We were all a bit curious as to what we were going to see at Cockington Green. It is a model village and had heaps of really cool stuff. The most expensive model house was the Ukraine at $180,000 to build. We all thought this was a great attraction to see.

Telstra Tower

Old Parliament House

There was a bit of commotion when we arrived at Old Parliament House with a few television crews around due to the passing of former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. We then split up into two groups and did some interactive democracy activities. We all moved into the old Senate room and did a mock meeting. It was amazing to see the old style room with the big leather chairs.

National Museum of Australia

Today after lunch we headed to the museum to check out the awesome stuff, like Pharlap's Heart and a piglet with two bodies and one head. Each group made their own way around the museum so everyone saw slightly different exhibits. We got to hop in a big dozer bucket and take a pic.

The War Memorial

This morning we headed to the War Memorial. Firstly we looked at all the statues up Anzac Parade which represented the soldiers and nurses in the different wars. We all took a guided tour around the War Memorial and then got to have a go in the discovery centre. Some of us bought poppies to leave in the wall. Some of us were able to find relatives on the honour roll.

The Mint

This afternoon we visited the Mint and had a tour to see how coins are made. Some students chose to make their own 2014 commemorative dollar coin. Unfortunately the Titan robot had retired for the day so we didn't see him in action tipping the barrels of coins onto the conveyor belt.