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Old 06-05-2011, 11:22 PM
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Burke & Wills Time Capsule opened

Today!

150 years after explorers Burke & Wills buried a time capsule, it was finally dug up today by Archeologists, with Historians and the Mayor etc
It was buried in the base of a statue in Sturt Street, the main street of Ballarat.
I did my best to get my head on TV (I kept getting in front of the camera ) but I didn't see myself on the news

The 3 gold coins inside the capsule are currently valued at $50,000
The Newspaper was badly decayed.

Anyway here is the story:
http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/20...ite=centralvic

and here: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/nat...-1226051391758

It was exciting seeing it happen
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