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Travel Blogs from Kalgoorlie - Boulder, Western Australia, Australia
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'Put him on a plane..'
This is a top pick! ... good. Today saw us squeeze ourselves into the liveliest event of the year: race day - a huge day here in Kalgoorlie and a perfect opportunity to see something other than fluorescent jackets and empty glasses. The weather was glorious, the beer ...
Two weeks, two wheels..
This is a top pick! ... So... Looks like I'll be heading south, back through Esperance and along the entwining roads of the south-west coast of Western Australia, taking in Albany, Denmark and the magic of Margaret River before rolling up wearily into Perth. This corner of ...
'Some People are Douche Bags..'
This is a top pick! ... or buses to get to work - just a short flight of stairs down to the restaurant. Happy days. So what's the catch? Simple. Kalgoorlie's a modest little town in the middle of the baking dust. There's nothing much to do here, so there's not a fat lot to ...
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! ... and chugs 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) ...
Can you hear me now?
This is a top pick! ... on 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! ... chunky all-in-one pub/restaurant/bookies/hotel/accommodation places that you see standing majestically on almost every intersection. Kalgoorlie was - and still very much is - a booming little gold-mining town. Apart from its faithful locals the ...
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
... trzy 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. ...
There's gold in them thar hills!
... on driving! So, after travelling through Northham, Cundering, Kellerberrin, Burracoppin, Yellowdine and Boorabbin, I made it to Kalgoorlie-Boulder... Established in 1893 after gold was discovered nearby, Kalgoorlie-Boulder (or Kal) is actually a ...
Looking for gold - or a door handle will do!
... , but he has obviously started to enjoy being a kept man. We found out this morning whilst feeding the lambs that half of Kalgoorlie was going to be in Esperance for the next fortnight, as we have accidentally arrived here at the start of the WA school ...
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
... die 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 ...
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
... zur langen 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. ...
Gold fever
... !! Col was impressed with the number of hotels in the town, lost count but we went to a couple! Left Kalgoorlie and travelled through Coolgardie, a small reminder of what a great mining town it once was, and then onto Southern Cross, camped ...
Gold Dust
... Kalgoorlie has some amazing old buildings, the architecture dates back to the gold rush days and lots have been restored. Kalgoorlie was discovered in January 1893, when prospectors Patrick (Paddy) Hannan, Tom Flanagan, and Dan O'Shea were ...
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
... work.Yes employees still get paid during this time. Another tour we did was a tour of the last remaining working brothel in Kalgoorlie.in their heyday there were 25 brothels in Hay street a main street in the CBD of Kalgoorlie.The Madam was very ...
sunrise and troppo
... 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 when we go out for drinks and someone asks whos paying. if its on the company card, "Uncle Cootas got this round" ...
DAY 134 - FRIDAY 5TH NOVEMBER – ESPERANCE T
... worries. We stopped for lunch in Norseman where they had a playground for the kids to expel some energy and then it was onto Kalgoorlie. We arrived about 4.30pm and checked into the caravan park. As we were checking in the kids found a brochure for an all ...
DAY 135 - SATURDAY 6TH NOVEMBER – KALGOORLI
... Centre in 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 ...
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 ...
(3850KM from Start) The Nullarbor Part 4
We left the Nullarbor in Norseman, then headed North to Kalgoorlie-Boulder, a gold mining town and home of the Golden Mile - the richest square mile of gold-bearing earth in the world. Gold was discovered here in 1892. KB ...
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