ACOY Daytrip to Ballarat Wildlife Park & Sovereign Hill (July 30th 2005)

Youth members posing in Main Street, Sovereign Hill

On the 30th of July the first regiment of St. Paul’s and St. Nicholas’ church, set out on a mission. Led by commander S. Rabbs, their mission was to have fun! From discovering the Wildlife Sanctuary in Ballarat to exploring the replica historic township of Sovereign Hill - the gold rush era’s most famous township - there was sure lots to look forward to.

It was 9.00am on a cool, blue-skied Saturday morning at St. Pauls where the mission began. “All aboard!” roared commander Rabbs to the St. Paul’s crew, who by nature are habitually late (by 1 hour or so). However, this time commander Rabbs had disciplined his solders and managed to depart a record 10 minutes after the scheduled departure time of 9pm, on track to the next destination: St. Nicholas’. Read more…