Gold Rush Story written by Lachie
My friend Bill had an idea, he wanted us to go to the Goldfields and search for our fortune. Bill and I asked our mums and dads if we could go to the goldfields but they said no. The next night Bill threw a rock through the window I looked out the window and Bill was there, he said “Pack a bag, there is a horse and cart of my dad’s down the street; we can go to the gold fields in it…hurry up!” So I climbed out the window with a bag I packed. It was not the best ride we had it was a bumpy and rough because Bill was not a good horse and cart rider. In the morning my dad woke up and realised that I was not there. I know where he has gone he thought, he has gone to the goldfields.
After a long and tiring trip Bill and I arrived at the gold fields in Ballarat. I found this good spot to put the tent up beside a creek. It took us ages to set camp up. `That night we had some lamb for tea and we ate it up pretty fast. The next day we started to dig for gold and it was not easy, the ground was very hard, I dug a little trench. By the end of a long day I had only found a little rusted bucket. “Better luck tomorrow” said Bill. It took me ages to get to sleep that night because the noise was so loud from the drunken people. The next day Bill and I discovered that it had rained over night. I had a look down the trench and saw a middle size piece of gold. We picked it up and quickly ran out of town to our horse and cart and went on our way home…
My dad was sitting on his chair when he suddenly heard a horse and cart coming down the road. He looked out the window and saw me, he ran out of the house with excitement and he gave me a big hug, it even chocked me. He said “Did you find anything?” “Yes” I snapped “We found a middle size nugget. In the trench I made. Me and bill have decided to split it”. We did split the nugget and we lived a good life with a lot of money.
