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Travel Blogs from Boulder, Australia
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'Put him on a plane..'
This is a top pick! ... fashion screeching to a halt in the ute outside arrivals, gave him a quick squeeze for his mum and we chugged back to Boulder, where he started work immediately with yours truly setting up the sound and lighting rig for a swish event at the local town ...
Two weeks, two wheels..
This is a top pick! ... Australia, taking in Albany, Denmark and the magic of Margaret River before rolling up wearily into Perth. This corner of Australia is stunning - a well kept secret they reckon - so it should make for an interesting ride, especially considering the ...
'Some People are Douche Bags..'
This is a top pick! 'No, not the bike!' I thought it was egg at first. It had run all down the windshield and down on to the fairing. Obviously some piss-head walking home or just some A-hole who wanted to spite the owner of a shiny new motorbike. But it wasn't egg. ...
Dickhead Central
This is a top pick! ... here in Boulder. This is the big driving force I was talking about. Take a look. It's the largest open-cast mine in Australia and is absolutely stupid in size. The tiny dump trucks you can see down there are those giant goliath machines that make cars ...
'Hard' times..
This is a top pick! ... away effortlessly. There's so much money flying around here you can almost smell it in the air. Kalgoorlie is without doubt Australia's 'Vegas', and with their food, accommodation and expenses covered (and the staggering rate of pay they get) these boys ...
Can you hear me now?
This is a top pick! ... the back of the bike; an excitable and inquisitive trip to see the 'World's best beaches' down in a remote corner of Western Australia; and more redneck tales that will leave you dazed. Until then, crack a coldie and grow a grin.. Woz.. (Dan, ...
A Detour... North..
This is a top pick! Day Twenty-five: - Norseman - Mandilla - Kalgoorlie 'Perth? Well don't count on it, you might get stuck here yet..' It was a bit of a decision but we ended up taking the road north. Norseman, after all is basically just a T-junction between ...
Leaving Feralsville
This is a top pick! ... is far from what you'd expect from such an insignificant and harmless looking creature. Like many of the other creatures in Australia they seem to have evolved way beyond their original design and purpose, into - in this case - very durable incessant ...
Trying to live harmoniously with rednecks
This is a top pick! 'Heat delirium - a state of aggressive (often violent) mental agitation caused by the prolonged exposure to excessive relentless heat..' Current temp: early forties, approaching fifties (°C). It's been a bit of a game trying to convey what it's ...
NIVEAU?
Wilkommen in Kalgoorlie-Boulder, dem Goldmienenimperium in Australien,velleicht meinem zukuenftigen Arbeitsplatz fuer ie naechsten 1 1/2 Jahre oder auch einem ziemlich schmutzigem Fleckchen. Kalgoorlie hat ungefaehr 30000 Einwohner, 50 Meter breite ...
Kalgoorlie- Ogromna kopalnia zlota
... stany. Ale przygoda! Przyejechalismy dzisiaj 560km i nawet tego nie poczulismy, tak jestesmy nakreceni. Nocujemy dzisiaj w Kalgoorlie-Boulder. Jest to piekne, stare blizniacze miasteczko o bujnej historii zwiazanej z poszukiwaniem i wydobyciem zlota. Cale ...
There's gold in them thar hills!
... it's home to the 'Golden Mile,' the nickname for the main road - Hannan St, it's where the largest open cut gold mine in Australia is (the aptly named Super Pit and it's got a whole street of legalized brothels... Yep I was as shocked as you are, finding ...
Looking for gold - or a door handle will do!
Ah, another change of plan - what a surprise! Until we drove out of the gate at Fraser Range, I still thought we were going to Esperance. That's where Paddy's new credit card is headed, but he has obviously started to enjoy being a kept man. We found out ...
Preparation
May 5Th 2012, day 1 Well I got after horrid night sleep, caravan park light and tents don't mix, it was daylight all night coffee club for brekky, had a brekky wrap and a coffee, next door was Woolworth's, got some supplies, then went to the airport to ...
Der Goldrausch hat uns
... Nullarbor Wüste wären wir sehr gespannt gewesen, doch so haben wir immerhin die Möglichkeit, die Goldgräberstadt Kalgoorlie-Boulder etwas auszukundschaften. Wir nutzen die Gelegenheit und schauen uns noch einmal das Super Pit an. Wie erwartet ist es ...
Kalgoorlie - big and rich mining town
... the caravan park and drove to see the mentioned above reservoir and the biggest town attraction – The Super Pit. It is a biggest in Australia gold mining pit that is 1.5 km wide, 3.8 km long and 600 meters deep. There is a special lookout to see the ...
Vom Ozean ins Outback
... Reise ins rote Zentrum an. Ziel war es, die rund 400 Kilometer in die drittgrösste Stadt von Western Australia, Kalgoorlie Boulder, zurückzulegen. Da unterwegs kaum Sehenswertes auf uns wartete, fuhren wir – abgesehen von ein paar ...
3 nights at Kalgoorlie/Boulder
... he invited us to his caravan for boerewors, sadza (Mielie pap) and relish! Over the couple of days in Boulder/Kalgoorlie we had an interesting time looking at the beautiful old historic buildings of Kalgoorlie but sadly the ones in Boulder ...
Motorhomes everywhere
Welcome to Kalgoorlie. We have been at the Rally site since Monday. Somewhere around 800 motorhomes on site. We traveled from Leonora with some motorhomers, Colin, June, Bob, Rose, Leon & Brenda who adopted us at the Leonora sports ground. ...
Home to Kalgoorlie
... to see on the Nullabor being known as the treeless plain. We stopped at the cliff top lookouts and showed the kids the end of Australia overlooking the Great Australia Bight. Stopped for the night just 11 k's from the West Australian border. Found a ...
Gold Dust
We left Cape Le Grand nice and early so we could get to Kalgoorlie in one day. Once again the wind had picked up and it was a strong cross wind. On the way we stopped in Norseman for fuel and then continued north to Kalgoorlie where we arrived for a late ...
Kalgoorlie Motor Home Rally
We entered the gates of the Oasis Centre in Kalgoorlie-Boulder, where our 26th National CMCA Rally was held, on Friday, October 7, after stocking up with more drugs to cure my 'wog' and help Ron sleep! Beautiful grounds, very level and lovely green ...
Kalgoorlie : Red & Gold
Hi everyone we went up to Kalgoorlie for a week we didnt go in slowcoach as kalgoorlie is over 400kms n/w of Esperance & the fuel bill would of been high.so we packed up the 4WD with food water pitstop & bedding. Kalgoorlie can be summed up in 2 ...
sunrise and troppo
hey guys, this the travel pod one. there is not much to write as i just wrote and all i have done so far is fly and drive in. oh, yeah, the attraction. Uncle Coota is the nickname given to our CEO. its abit of a joke at hte pub in kalgoorlie and perth ...
DAY 134 - FRIDAY 5TH NOVEMBER – ESPERANCE T
Today we are moving on to Kalgoorlie, so we were up and organised early. I did some washing and put on the line as it was a little windy, I hoped it would dry before we left. We then had breakfast and packed up the van. Once we were packed we headed down ...
DAY 135 - SATURDAY 6TH NOVEMBER – KALGOORLI
... town. On the drive in we remembered why the hotel last night had scaffolding around it. In April this year, the Kalgoorlie-Boulder area was hit by a 5.0 magnitude earthquake. This resulted in a lot of the older buildings being damaged, one being the hotel ...
DAY 136 - SUNDAY 7TH NOVEMBER – KALGOORLIE
Well as we had another spare day up our sleeve we decided to head to the Kalgoorlie Baptist church for the morning. The service reminded us a bit like Grange in Adelaide which was nice. We were not sure on the kids program and no-one volunteered the ...
Golden History
... it bought water the Kalgoorlie-Bolder area which was an amazing effort. There is history in every little town along the way. Kalgoorlie-Boulder are of course gold mining towns and the huge Super Pit is just so big. 3.5 kms long 1.3kms wide and ...
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