Today we visited the Perth Mint. There was a $1M gold coin (face value - the actual value of the gold was more like $56M; we thought of bringing it home, but it weighed several tonnes!), a gold pouring demonstration, some huge nuggets - and some left-over medals from the Sydney Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. Personally I thought these Paralympic medals were far nicer than the ones for the main event. The Mint is well worth a visit if you're in Perth.
Those are lovely. I can see why you done want a heavy old gold coin gathering dust at home though. The birds are a lovelier form of living gold and never still long enough to gather dust, or heavy enough to weigh you down.
We visited Perth Mint, (several years ago now-whilst on a visit to see relatives in WA), and agree well worth the visit