Perth Mint Gold Tour: Immerse Yourself in Australia's Rich Gold Rush History
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462 Ratings
Perth
Immerse yourself in Australia's rich gold rush history at the Perth Mint Gold Tour. Experience the magic, allure, and wonder of gold through multimedia presentations, interactive displays, and dazzling pure gold exhibits.
Duration:
1 hour
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- The Perth Mint - Make the most of your visit to The Perth Mint by joining one of the hourly guided talks. The grand heritage building, heavily secured vaults and original melting house each provide the cues for many extraordinary stories about Western Australia’s golden past and the Mint’s rich history of refining gold and issuing priceless gold bars and coins.
Marvel at the largest coin ever made, weighing one tonne of pure gold; view Australia’s most dazzling display of natural gold nuggets; watch molten gold being poured to form a gleaming solid gold bar; handle more than $700,000 worth of gold bullion and much more!
What's Included
- Experienced tour guide included
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Transportation to/from attractions
Additional Information
The Perth Mint offers a unique combination of attractions which allow you to experience all the magic, allure and wonder of gold.
Founded in 1899 on the cusp of the greatest gold rush in Australia’s history, the Mint is custodian to one of Western Australia’s oldest heritage sites and is a magnificent reminder of the State’s golden beginnings.
Bringing the story of Western Australian gold to life, the darkened halls of the Gold Exhibition offer multimedia presentations, interactive displays, historic images and aged artefacts, which all combine to form the backdrop to the array of dazzling pure gold exhibits.
Embark on the emotive journey of gold discovery,
marvel at the largest gold coin ever made, view an impressive collection of natural gold nuggets, watch
how molten gold is poured to
form a solid gold bar, discover the value of your weight in gold, and much more!
- The Perth Mint is located at 310 Hay Street (cnr Hill Street) in East Perth, a short walk from Perth’s city centre and many leading hotels and accommodation houses. You can use the free Central Area Transit (CAT) bus service to visit the Mint. Chose the Red CAT bus (click here for route map) and depart at The Perth Mint stop (Number R06)
- Open Fridays and Saturdays for Tours of The Perth Mint
- Public holidays from 9.00am to 5.00pm
- Closed New Year’s Day, 9th January 2022, Good Friday, Anzac Day, Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
- An exhibition guide brochure is available in 8 languages (Chinese, English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese and Korean)
- Wheelchair access and special restroom facilities. A wheelchair is available for loan, if required.
Location
The Perth Mint
310 Hay St, East Perth
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.7
(462 Ratings)
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Jan_l
Apr 28, 2024
Gold pour of six kilo gold bar - My husband and I really enjoyed witnessing the six kilo gold bar being poured. This experience was so interesting
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Margaret_r
Apr 24, 2024
Value for money - What a wonderful tour. Very interesting. Suzie did a fabulous job. I thoroughly recommend this tour. Great value for money.
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71peijul
Apr 20, 2024
very nice - Oliver deserves the gold bar hahaha
他幫忙製件客製化商合時门开用心，很新代我们之的論話，最好他好好好件的最來的journey，他他謾解也问利化，我前引有幸參了這次的活动，电影這邊的死史.
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P4847kq_
Apr 20, 2024
excellent tour - very nice. Oliver doing the great job in tour and very enjoy. 可以在這客製化自己想要的金幣，而且還有繁體中文的服務，服務真的很好，也聽到了關於這邊是如何發現”金”的歷史。very very nice.
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Susan_e
Apr 18, 2024
Excellent guide. - Our very informative Austrian tour guide gave us a brief history of prospecting and then we proceeded inside to see the wonderful exhibits and the very large, legal tender coin. Next was a demonstration of making a gold bar, again with an interesting talk. We ended the tour with a chance to 'lift' a heavy bar of gold, and failed miserably!!!!! The gift shops catered for all , with a varied price range. All in all, a good trip .
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Q6958ypjeanw
Apr 17, 2024
Just great value - Fantastic tour, very I threshing and the lady suzie was a joy to listen to, very knowledgeable.
The tour could have been a bit longer as there was so much more to learn about but certainly a highlight of my time in perth
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Shaun
Apr 17, 2024
A wonderful piece of Perth’s history and fully accessible for the solo wheelchair traveler. - As a paraplegic and full time wheelchair user I phoned first to check accessibility. “Kelly” on reception assured me that the mint was fully accessible and booked me on an afternoon Gold Tour. I’m a small time numismatist and love history so this was a delight. Our tour guide Paul was a really good orator, had a good sense of humor and was clearly enthusiastic about his job. We learned about the history of the W.A. gold rush, the construction of the mint (completed in 1899) and many more interesting facts before going in to meet Fred who extracted from the furnace a crucible of molten liquid gold and poured it into a mould, making a 6kg gold bar. We were then free to wander around the museum, attempt to lift a real gold bar, see the largest gold bullion coin (literally weighing a ton!) and finally to press our own blank, making a wonderful souvenir coin to remind us of our visit; this year is the 125th anniversary of the mint and this was depicted on the coin.
The accessible toilets were excellent and the gift shop extremely tempting.
I saw Kelly on reception on the way out and told her how much I’d enjoyed my visit - such a warm and personable lady and like the other staff I met, an excellent ambassador for this superb bit of Western Australia’s history. So well worth a visit.
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Peter_s
Apr 15, 2024
Informative and... - Informative and Entertaining, love that the hardest working is that little 6kg gold bar , working through the intense heat and cool bath , never complains or takes a day off
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Jesst352
Apr 10, 2024
Great Experience - Oliver was wonderful! Very knowledgeable and a great sense of humour. Found out some really interesting facts and I would definitely recommend it, the kids had a great time! Thank you!
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Avrilritchie
Apr 8, 2024
Entertaining and educational - Had an excellent early tour with a small group. Loved the stories at the beginning and found the inside tour both educational and entertaining- gold pouring was quite remarkable! Well worth the cost - recommended.
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