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International netball star Stacey Francis is a key defender for West Coast Fever, but off the court Stacey loves a new adventure, and was excited to share her experience walking Perth’s Heart of Gold Discovery Trail with her Fever teammates.
“Since moving to WA, I took it upon myself to become the biggest tourist around and use every spare chance I get to explore the amazing sights and attractions that the State has to offer. When I was given the chance to do the Perth #heartofgold Discovery Trail with some of my teammates I jumped at it!” said Stacey Francis.
“One of the many great things about the trail is that the Heart of Gold Australia app is free to download, and you could even download the trail bundle in the app before leaving your Wi-Fi at home!”
“We walked the 2.5km trail on one of the many glorious Perth days and started at the famous Golden Eagle nugget replica in Elizabeth Quay. Although I have been to Elizabeth Quay several times before, I had never noticed the replica and so to begin the tour in a familiar place, whilst discovering something new was great.”
“The self-guided walking trail led us to explore 11 different locations of golden significance around the City of Perth with the app enabling us to use augmented reality, access exclusive video content and hear some engaging visual stories.”
“My favourite stop was London Court, for obvious reasons, and the best thing that I learnt on the day was that many early prospectors used to walk to the Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie goldfields - a journey of 595km from Perth. Crazy!! The trail, thankfully, was a much shorter walk than that with it taking anywhere from 1-2hrs. However, you could make a day of it by stopping somewhere in the City for lunch, or even packing a picnic to eat in the Government House gardens if you walk the trail between 12 and 2pm on a Tuesday/Wednesday or Thursday.”
“For me the best part of the day was completing the tour with a quiz at the final stop, The Perth Mint, which meant that I got to take home a gold coin!” Stacey concluded.
The Heart of Gold Discovery Trails
Embark on the Perth #heartofgold Discovery Trail for a self-guided tour through time. Start from either The Perth Mint or Elizabeth Quay and traverse the City, visiting iconic gold tourism locations and uncovering the golden secrets behind them! Download the free Heart of Gold Australia app from the App Store (for iOS) or Google Play (for Android) to begin your adventure. Plus, explore more than 30 gold experiences, games and interactive features, also available on the app.
Gold Industry Group and West Coast Fever
The Gold Industry Group is proud to support netball in Western Australia as the Principal Partner of West Coast Fever and Netball WA, and the Premier Partner of Shooting Stars; thanks to members Gold Fields, Northern Star Resources, Newcrest Mining, Saracen Mineral Holdings, AngloGold Ashanti Australia, St Barbara Limited, Newmont Australia, Gold Road Resources, Ramelius Resources and The Perth Mint.
Learn more about our community partnership with netball in Western Australia.