Shanty Town is a historic park representing a New Zealand West Coast town from the end of the 1800's - early 1900's.
We started our visit with the steam train ride that takes you to the top of the park, and the halfway back to the historic sawmill.
The engine has been loving restored and is one of five that they have. From memory two are in operation and three are in different stages of restoration.
It was great having Poppa with us to tell both Aidan & Abbey the history behind a lot of the items on display.
One of the activities Aidan was super keen to try was gold panning. Aidan has turned into quite the geologist on this trip, always collecting nice looking stones.
Everyone is guaranteed a "small find".
Both Aidan and Abbey now have a small vial with a handful of flakes of gold each in them.
There is also all the obligatory photo stop opportunities.
Aidan really got into the spirit to ham it up for the camera.
For some reason I was really interested in the hospital. They had a great display of old medical instruments and machines.
I even picked up some more ideas for future names for Doctor's Orders Brewing commercial beers.
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