The Perth Mint Gold Tour
Overview
Available languages
1 hour
Mobile ticket
The Perth Mint offers a unique combination of attractions which allow you to experience all the magic, allure and wonder of gold.
Founded in 1899 on the cusp of the greatest gold rush in Australia’s history, the Mint is custodian to one of Western Australia’s oldest heritage sites and is a magnificent reminder of the State’s golden beginnings.
Bringing the story of Western Australian gold to life, the darkened halls of the Gold Exhibition offer multimedia presentations, interactive displays, historic images and aged artefacts, which all combine to form the backdrop to the array of dazzling pure gold exhibits.
Embark on the emotive journey of gold discovery, marvel at the largest gold coin ever made, view an impressive collection of natural gold nuggets, watch how molten gold is poured to form a solid gold bar, discover the value of your weight in gold, and much more!
Additional Info
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
The Perth Mint is located at 310 Hay Street (cnr Hill Street) in East Perth, a short walk from Perth's city centre and many leading hotels and accommodation houses. You can use the free Central Area Transit (CAT) bus service to visit the Mint. Chose the Red CAT bus (click here for route map) and depart at The Perth Mint stop (Number R06)
Public holidays from 9.00am to 5.00pm
Closed New Year's Day, Good Friday, Anzac Day, Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
An exhibition guide brochure is available in 8 languages (Chinese, English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese and Korean)
Wheelchair access and universal access restroom facilities. A wheelchair is available for loan, if required.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
The Perth Mint
Make the most of your visit to The Perth Mint by joining one of the hourly guided talks. The grand heritage building, heavily secured vaults and original Melting House each provide the cues for many extraordinary stories about Western Australia's golden past and the Mint's rich history of refining gold and issuing priceless gold bars and coins. Marvel at the largest gold coin ever made, weighing one tonne of pure gold; view Australia's most dazzling display of natural gold nuggets; watch molten gold being poured to form a gleaming solid gold bar; handle more than $700,000 worth of gold bullion and much more!
What‘s Included
Tour guide
Food and drinks, unless specified
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Transportation to/from attractions
Meeting points
The Perth Mint
310 Hay St Perth Australia
End points
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
Options
The Perth Mint Gold Tour
Reviews
609 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
A great way to spend a couple of hours (particularly when it's too hot in the open air)
jochg2016,,Dec 13, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Visited yesterday for the 1.30pm Gold Tour as it was forecast extreme heat and wanted somewhere to visit with air conditioning. We are so glad we did as the time spent on the Gold tour was well spent. The tour guides were engaging and so very knowledgeable. A really entertaining afternoon particularly when watching the "gold pour" to make a gold bullion. Worth a visit
A little Golden Nugget
masonblance,,Dec 7, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We rated this 5stars! The guide was so informative and was a pleasure to listen to! Thanks to him we learnt a little bit of Australian history and culture. It’s such good value for money in a city and the gold pour was very well done! Excellent experience.
Gold rush
JAG L,,Dec 6, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Excellent to well with the money and the time good history two guys were wonderful. I’d recommend it to anybody. Even people live in Perth. They haven’t been.
Not to be missed
Richard W,,Dec 2, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Fascinating tour. Brilliant guide (David). The worlds biggest gold coin was mind blowing. Got to handle a real gold bar too!
Great tour
Jenny K,,Nov 29, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00We enjoyed the tour a lot and learned lots of interesting facts of the gold history in Western Australia. Highly recommended.
It's not your usual...
Tom B,,Nov 28, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00It's not your usual platitudinous tour with the hosts saying aren't we wonderful. It's also informative and challenging
Perth Mint Gold Tour
HOLIDAYCAT12,,Nov 26, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Got the free bus to the Perth Mint had a good look around at all the gold and jewllery exhibits. And decided to the Gold Tour. It was $22 per person and waited with anticipation to see what that would get us. We were not dissapointed as the person doing the tour was very knowledgeable se showed us some of the biggest nuggets found in Australia and was able to wiegh ourselves on a mackine that told us how much we were woth ingold we were also able to put the souvenir coin we were given in a stamp machine and have it stamped. Then it was of to the furnace room where we were shown how gold bars were made. We found it well worth the price of the tour.
Great value and interesting visit. 10/10
Dale G,,Nov 25, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Enjoyable and entertaining tour which is definitely worthwhile. Clear information from start to finish with a terrific display at the end. The shop is also worth a look which includes a number of interesting items. 10/10
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Cruiser65305811860,,Nov 24, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00The tour was carried out well with a demonstration of melting the gold and them letting it cool. Had a chance to see the large valuable coin worth $200m
So worth the visit
Dorian E,,Nov 23, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We had a very interesting, humorous tour by David today. You have time to look around the exhibits, see the world’s largest gold coin, handle a real gold bar and have a demonstration of David pouring liquid gold from the furnace into the mould. Very good!
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