At the peak of the Gold Rush in the 1860's the area in and around Shantytown was home to some 5,000 prospectors and their families.

The gaunt heaps of stones that the miners called tailings are now kindly masked by the encroaching native bush, but at one time the area was alive with Chinese diggers and wild colonial boys tearing into the land with their gold dredges and sluicing claims to prise its glittering rewards.

You may not find the Roddy Nugget but you can have a go at Gold Panning when you visit us.  For more information click here.  Best of luck!