Today, we had netball training in the morning and was taught a drill that would help us improve our peripheral vision. We never knew that developing peripheral vision could be so difficult! The coaches also allowed us to try out different positions during the netball game. The training was beneficial as we picked up new techniques and we would be able to use even back home in Singapore.
After lunch, we visited the famous bell tower in Perth. We saw the oldest bell in Australia and were taken to the Ringing Chamber where we were allowed to ring the bells and learn from the expert. The chamber had long ropes hanging from the ceiling. After some explanation from the lady in charge, we were shown how to ring the bells. After trying it out ourselves, we realised that a balance of strength and technique is require to ring the bells and that it was not as easy as it looked. After leaving the Ringing Chamber, we went to see the extremely huge Martin-in-the-Fields bells. Some even weighed up to nearly 400Kg! We visited the observation deck at the end of the tour and were surprised that as we were admiring the 360 degree view, our National Anthem was being played! How interesting!
The trip to the Perth Mint was awesome. We had the opportunity to see the largest gold coin in the world which has a face value of AUD $1m and even touched a real bar of gold! The trip concluded with a introduction about the process of marking gold bars.
The day concluded with a sumptuous dinner and a trip to the supermarket. We are looking forward to visiting Chocolate Factory and Fremantle tomorrow.
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