Overland Motel Kalgoorlie

... a genious engineer from Ireland, CY O'Connor, came along in 1898 and came up with a plan. He had the ambitious idea of building a reservoir near Perth and running a pipeline all the way out to another resevoir in Kal. It was an expensive and very unpopular plan. Parliament argued over it for many years and the public turned on our clever Irishman. It took 7 years to construct but CY O'Connor didn't see the finished result. He took his own life due to the ...

... featured the FDS (not Skippy or Flipper!).

The drive which followed did not really allow photo-stops, but a non-stop running commentary was provided by Kathy, obviously Kalgoorlie's answer to Raj (see earlier KL entry!). The history of Kalgoorlie, from its literal creation following the discovery of gold there by Paddy Hannan, was fascinating, as was its rapid growth, as gold-rush fever swept the area. The fact that such ...

... for the coast, we got another early start. Straight to the Balladonia Roadhouse, then on a rough metal road (Paramango Road) towards Condingup (near Esperance). The road took about 3 ½ hours for 200 kms, so fairly slow going, but we saved 220 kms & went through some pretty awesome country. We found a minimal fee campsite in Kay's book & headed for Alexander Bay. We were really lucky to be able to squeeze into a spot in the dunes above the beach - being ...

Kalgoorlie - Gold and Sheep 2 April 2009 On the way into Kalgoorlie, you can visit the Super Pit which is an open cut mine - the size is mind boggling. From the observatory point, you can see enormous dump trucks wending their slow way up and down the pit - each truck carrying around $10,000 worth of gold tapped inside tonnes of rock. The tyres on these babies are worth more than $100,000 and skilled ...

... that he owes me 50 cents after he lost a bet earlier this year. Here's how it happened. I would usually send out an email appointment for a golf game that was coming up. This particular appointment time was set for 9:30am. Gordon turned up at the course before 9am and I asked what he was doing there so early. He was adamant that the game was booked for 9am. He even bet me the huge sum of 50 cents that he was right and I was wrong. Now I sent the thing out so I ...

On Thursday 15th of July, we learned that the time-honoured tradition of skimpies (scantily dressed bar staff) were to be banned. Here's an extract from the local Kalgoorlie Miner newspaper:- "Yesterday heralded a great turning point in the history of Kalgoorlie as police began their crackdown on the ever-controversial tradition of skimpies. The Goldfields ...

I set off from Perth YHA for the third and final time. Strangely I felt a little sad about it, even though I didn't really intend on staying in Perth as long as I did. I'd settled in there a bit, knew a few people to chat to and a few of the bods behind the front desk knew me by name. Suppose it's just like Cheers, sometimes you wanna go where (a few people) know your name, and they're (probably indifferent to the fact) you came. Maybe it's not like Cheers after all. It wasn't the most ...

... This went on of course and it wasn't long before a few more neanderthals got involved and finished the whole messy job. Minutes later the jukebox was resumed, balls started clinking together on the pool table and the joviality started up once more. If you'd have just walked in you wouldn't have suspected a thing. This is the sort of **** that goes on. I think I've seen too much to keep hanging around to be honest. It's time. And I don't think I've been more ready to leave a place..

... customers and occasionally performing cheeky obscenities to keep the boys entertained. I've had to work alongside them and I'm telling you, introducing yourself to an achingly gorgeous young girl freshly showered and blow-dried with bedtime eyes, a juicy smile and two firm rounded breasts bobbing just inches from your face is as perplexing an experience as you could ever hope to get ('Hi I'm Scott. Nice to meet you both..') A difficult job I'm sure ...

... er der kun 1 eller 2 sygeplejesker med.
RFDS har 26 baser i hele aus og 5 i vest, hvor hovedbasen der er Perth. Her blive alle flojet hend der har brug for et hospital, da de mindre lokale hospitaler har problemer med at tiltraekke dygtige laeger der til, de vil hellere vaere i byen.
Kalgoorlie bestaar af 80% maend, de arbejder alle sammen ude i minerne. Det hostel vi boede paa for en nat pga mega meget regn, fandt vi hurtig ud af at der maaske kunne vaere noget om ...