Kalgoorlie

We set off for Kalgoorlie on a wet morning however it didn't last for long. Within about half an hour the rain had dried up and it was just a bit cloudy. We travelled north on the road to Norseman and then on to Kalgoorlie.  This is another wheat growing area so there were acres and acres of it.

We passed through a small place called Grass Patch which was basically just a small pub come roadhouse and a huge wheat silo, however, on the road as we came into town was this wonderful sign.

 

The pub was the only place in town so I went in to get some coffee only to find that the coffee machine was being serviced. Oh no!!  So we set off for Norseman in search of coffee.

There's not a great deal at Norseman (although we did get coffee) but there were these cool camels on the roundabout as we came into town.

It was then onward and upward to Kalgoorlie which as you would know is a gold mining town with a lot of history. We stayed for two nights and spent time in town looking at all the beautiful old buildings.

We also visited the' super pit' which is the huge open cut gold mine which is right next to the town. There used to be many small mine shafts all over the place and back in the 80's they were all merged together into this huge 'super pit'. It really is enormous and its fascinating to watch all the trucks and diggers working away inside it. They look like ants from the top but they are huge machines and trucks which cost millions of dollars each.

Threre are huge trucks and diggers in this photo.

We also visited an old two up circle. It was just outside the town and seemed like it was quite old although there was no information there to say when it was built or who built it etc.

The facilities were interesting. Very posh indeed!

My only interesting botanical observation for this post was a prickly pear. Really ugly from a distance but pretty in a spikey sort of way up close.

Its off across the Nullabor from here and then home. We have done nearly 15000km so far. The car and van are both going well and we are still having fun!