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The Outback Pub, Ora Banda and Broad Arrrow, Western Australia, Australia travel blog

The Outback Pub

A travel blog entry by scottwoz

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This weekend saw a visit to the remote outpost of Ora Banda, an historic and sunbaked community of... at least a dozen or so, and a notable point of interest along the 'Golden Quest Discovery Trail'. I took a ride out there with Laurie who furnished me ...

On the road again..., Coolgardie, Australia travel blog

On the road again...

A travel blog entry by mkford

... groceries and say goodbye to Jade. We hung around there for a little while and then headed back to pick up the Ultimate. We were back on the road, with Ulti in tow, by 11.30am. From here, we drove straight through to Coolgardie and camped for the ...

Tankstopp, Bullabulling, Australia travel blog

Tankstopp

A travel blog entry by worldwidewidu

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meinem Uebermut, meiner Experimentierfreudigkeit auszuprobieren wie weit ich mit einer Tankfuellung kommen wuerde ... naja ich erreichte aber dann doch noch ein Oertchen namens Bullabulling, welches eigentlich nur aus einem Haus besteht vor dem zwei ...

Coolgardie, Coolgardie WA, Australia travel blog

Coolgardie

A travel blog entry by jimandelle

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Coolgardie is a real slow old gold mining town with a lot of room to move, nothing much here anymore, everything is in ...

Day 4 - Southern Cross to Coolgardie, Coolgardie, Australia travel blog

Day 4 - Southern Cross to Coolgardie

A travel blog entry by gatzby

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... trains - thanks to Richard and Eric in our support vehicles, they kept us informed with the two way and the "beeps". The Coolgardie Gospel Church put on a very nice evening meal for us and were friendly and hospitable. We were all pretty pooped ...

One door closes and another opens..., Coolgardie, Australia travel blog

One door closes and another opens...

A travel blog entry by followingmyfeet

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... me... Suddenly a figure appears from behind one of the bushes and it's Alistair. I hop into his car and he takes me to Coolgardie and my new home. I meet the guys who live their and go for a stroll around the tiny goldfields town on the main highway from ...

Coolgardie - Ora Banda., Coolgardie, Australia travel blog

Coolgardie - Ora Banda.

A travel blog entry by heatheravan

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... of 800 in 1898 and several were recruited from here for WW1. Kunanalling is located about 32 km north of the town of Coolgardie. From here it was a short drive to the resilient Ora Banda Hotel. While Ora Banda has been a virtual ghost town,  ...

The end of the Nullabor, Coolgardie, Australia travel blog

The end of the Nullabor

A travel blog entry by rethus

... legs, we turned back, and continued along the Nullabor, til we reached the end, Norseman. We headed north for 200km to Coolgardie only to be met with hurricane force winds where you couldn't see 20m infront of the car because of the red dirt blowing ...

Car Repair in Coolgardie, Coolgardie, Australia travel blog

Car Repair in Coolgardie

A travel blog entry by felixaus

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This is already my third time in my favourite outback town Coolgardie. Because Kevin, the mechanic in Coolgardie, still hadn't fixed the car I had to go there again with Merle. We stayed two nightswith Gordon, our favourite otback mate, former millionaire ...

Lunch and fuel stop, Coolgardie, Australia travel blog

Lunch and fuel stop

A travel blog entry by merv_jenny

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We were advised via CB radio that a parade and local show was happening in the town so Grt Eastern Hwy was closed and we were detoured around the town centre. We fueled up and drove arround the town to a dirt and gravel stop 52 km east of town.nad had ...

We're on the road again, Coolgardie, Australia travel blog

We're on the road again

A travel blog entry by tranquilbloom

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... was a small child of about six. I know this because I have a polaroid of my sister and I riding a camel, so I know nothing of Coolgardie. Every town we roll through I wish we could stop. What lives were lived here? What does the town feel like? Who lived ...

Australia, Australia, Perth, Coolgardie, Australia travel blog

Australia

A travel blog entry by andreatim

will ...

Good Day to go for a drive, Coolgardie, Australia travel blog

Good Day to go for a drive

A travel blog entry by pkoens

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... hot weather again but the morning was beautiful.  Took some nice pictures of the outback on our 40km ride from Coolgardie to Gnarlbine rock.  Shawn told us there was not much in Coolgardie but the drive was interesting.  He also said ...

Prospecting for gold, Coolgardie, Australia travel blog

Prospecting for gold

A travel blog entry by llochris

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... Tourist Park for two weeks it gives us a chance ti catch up with people that we know here.I am writing this blog from the Coolgardie Tourist Park and we will be here for two weeks.We have been out detecting and have not found any gold.We are going to ...

Still no gold!!, Coolgardie, Australia travel blog

Still no gold!!

A travel blog entry by dentons

Spent the night at Coolgardie, Stretch got chatting to a fella at the Pub and he told him where he could try prospecting, so next morning he went out on the hunt for the big one, but we are still ...

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