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Kalgoorlie Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Kalgoorlie, Australia
Day 16 - We discover Kalgoorlie
... tell him the lookout is closed for yearly maintenance, he asks when it will be open they tell him tomorrow. Rod exclaims that Kalgoorlie can stick their SuperPit where it fits as we will be gone tomorrow. He also threatens to sell his Barrick Gold ...
Kalgoorlie
... golf course in the world at 1365km. The course has 1 or 2 holes at various points right across the Nullabor from Kalgoorlie to Ceduna in South Australia. As we will enter the Nullabor from the south of Western Australia, it will be easier to play the ...
Kalgoorlie from Fraser Range
... the rain arrived so we got out the wet weather gear, it didn't stop and still hasn't and we have been att Kalgoorlie for about 5 hours now - I have done my clothes washing been up the street for lunch booked a recommended Thai/Vietnamese Restaurant for ...
Moving eastwards
... that we could meet up. We left Perth on Wednesday and stopped overnight at Southern Cross leaving a couple hundred K's to get to Kalgoorlie by about noon on Thursday. Had a lovely dinner of Razor fish for entree and Whiting fillets for main last night ...
Kalg - Euggh- lie
... we have been up to: Bright & early on Saturday the 10/4 we set off an adventure to the historic mining town of Kalgoorlie where Andrew was due to start a warehousing role at an underground gold mine. Having really settled into the park in Perth there ...
Kalgoorlie 3
... the walk, however, was not on the aforementioned tourist office trail. This was the Western Australia Museum. An extremely affable guide, Kalgoorlie born, bred, and proud, gratefully took our donation, entrance being free, and explained that there ...
Adelaide to Perth
... Cricket Club'. A very fascinating place. We got back on the train for another 9 hours or so and arrived Friday evening in Kalgoorlie at the other end of the Nullarbor plain. This town grew out of the discovery of gold back in the 1800s. ...
St Paddy's day
... They find it difficult to walk away and leave it behind. By 11am we are ready to leave and start our very long drive to Kalgoorlie. We arrive there after dark at around 8pm and we have trouble finding the hostel. We finally check in, then head to Paddy's ...
Perth to Kalgoorlie
Well we made it! After a packing and cleaning frenzy, we left home at about 11am yesterday and headed to Kalgoorlie. It rained pretty much all of the 6 hour drive and we arrived in the dark due to our late start. We managed to get the ...
Kalgoorlie
Kalgoorlie - cool little outback town which owes its existence to gold mining. The Superpit is formed from a conglomeration of the previous gold licences and is massive. The little specks in the picture are excavators and trucks. Apparently its calmed ...
Fraser Grange to Kalgoorlie
... to Boulder it started spitting ,we kept moving until it got heavier forcing us to stop rapidly putting on gear. We arrived in Kalgoorlie at approximately 1230 hrs when we located our Motel the rooms were not yet ready and we sat outside awaiting for a ...
so much to see ~~~ so little time
... the former town, apart from some rusty street signs, and many many huge holes in the ground, this is what I expected Kalgoorlie to be like, ( holes in the ground) never imagined the busy metropolis it is today,with it's wide streets and angle ...
WOW, What a SUPERpit!!
So after 5 hrs driving we made it to Kalgoorlie, With so many places to see where to go first. Maybe the most obvious Woolies for refreshments, And what is a trip to Woolies without seeing KIDS FROM SCHOOL! Walking down the dairy aisle ...
Wishing I was more organised
... some sleep. Unfortunately I'm lacking motivation so here I am blogging instead. The count down is on: 9 hours till I leave Kalgoorlie 21 hours till I arrive in Auckland (Paul Mall Blue for Denise, can't forget duty free cigarettes) 40 hours till ...
Kalgoorlie
Grosses schwarzes Loch!!! SUPER PIT! 2,5km lang 1,3km breit und 350m tief... wirklich ...
Some Like It Hot
... wrong but I'm not afraid to admit it when I am either. This is one of the latter. The journey started back in Kalgoorlie. Not the greatest place for a journey start, or a great place for anything in fact. I suppose if a journey ...
Homeward Bound
... near Bulong.Went to Wattle Dam and Boundary Dam saw lots of bird life got a few yabbies and had a barbie Monday,6th May Left Kalgoorlie this morning and we have stopped at Karalee Rocks, usually there is no one here but today there are five other vans. It ...
Day 6 - Kalgoorlie
... and trees. Arrived in Kalgoorlie we quickly checked in and went to the city to grab some food since everthingy in Australia closes so early. Kalgoorlie is known as mine town. Various minearls are mined here, especially gold. And that is how the city ...
Kalgoorlie
... day yesterday, travelled 600k's to Fraser Range Station; that was a lovely place (what we saw of it). We will stay here at Kalgoorlie for a couple of nights to see the sights. Maureen; I have been receiving your comments, I can't send any emails unless I ...
Off to the gold rush ... Kalgoorlie
... ’ve run out of”. After another fantastic breakfast and coffee, we pressed on towards Norseman, where, upon turning right towards Kalgoorlie, we would part from most of the people we befriended over the past few days. They were headed south to ...