Betsy the steam engine once would have taken 2 loads of wood to get her up to steam. Now a days she has been converted to power. Similarly Olga The Steam Train is powered by a Toyota engine.

Reception at The Original Gold Rush Colony is where you pay for entry to explore the theme park including panning for gold, or mini golf. You also purchase your tickets for Olga The Steam Train rides.  Reception has a gift shop for your perusal with unique gifts and souvenirs for sale including Gold Nuggets.

The entrance to the The Original Gold Rush Colony  reception has short term parking close to the front door of reception as a drop off point for easy access on the ramp.  This NSW South Coast facility is wheelchair friendly.

Something for everyone from teaspoons to tea towels from gold pans to gold nuggets. Souvenirs or gifts to remind you on your visit to Mogo on the NSW South Coast.

With four tours daily  at 10.30, noon, 1.30 and 3pm, this is where you have to be to meet the experienced tour guides for the start of your guided tour and demonstration of how to pan for gold.

Come and peruse the shop for that special item to remember your trip to The Original Gold Rush Colony and the South Coast.

The hand carved wooden bench on the Mogo Inn Shanty Pub veranda is a perfect spot for end of day reflection and meditation, as the forest air cools and wild life sounds filter through.

Owner Maureen Nathan Calls out Buy your last drinks at the antique cash register in the bar of the Diggers Rest Tavern in the grounds of the Original Gold Rush Colony in Mogo  on the NSW South Coast.

School groups cluster around the tour guide to listen about the use of skips to transport ore to the surface of the mines. In the coal mines of Wales, children would be used as "pack-animals" to drag the skips.

The Flat access to the mine tunnel has train rails running through to the central display. Tourists with wheelchairs or strollers please take care.