Quality Inn Railway Kalgoorlie

... in 1902, less than a year before the pipeline opened and the water flowed. A modified version of the same water system still operates today.

With the water flowing the city grew and the mining became more high tech. Today the mining is HUGE. We stopped by to look at the SUPER PIT!! It is a massive mining operation just outside the city - vast, deep, highly organised. You couldn't help but be impressed by the sheer scale and size of the ...

... architectural buildings sprung up in such a short spaces of a few years, in a place that was, indeed still is, so remote is, to quote David Coleman "quirte remarkable". This part of the tour also took us to Boulder, a very short distance from Kalgoorlie and once a town in its own right, but more recently almalgated to form what is now the town of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, a town of some thirty thousand. The town hall here features an ...

... every man & his dog who's into 4wd, fishing & biking had headed there. A beautiful spot, and pretty quiet really, just a really small camping area. Lots of people who'd obviously been there before, had gone up the beach and pitched camp pretty much right on the beach. We all decided we need to get more adventurous with our camping spots. It was so beautiful we decided to stay two nights & have a break from driving. On the Saturday, the guys ...

... can add miles to a set of tyres. There is a lot of blurb about how they are replanting over the tailings and their respect for the indigineous people and their culture but certainly from an uninformed tourist perspective it's pretty *************cile what they are doing with how Aborigines might feel about a hole the size of Texas being dug on what used to be their land. We had a look around ...

... very confident of relieving his tightwadedness of some loose change. I then went to the pro shop and was advised that our game was booked for......9:30am. Now do you think Gordon will pay me the 50 cents? No way. I don't think I'll be able to pry it out of his cold dead hands when he passes on. Thomas (B.C.C) even reminded him that he lost the bet, but then Gordon denied any knowledge of it. Here's a classic example of how tight he is. Some golf courses have ...

... long been famous for its scantily-clad beer serving waitresses, but according to the Liquor Licensing Act, bar staff are prohibited from being "immodestly dressed". And it would now appear that the local tradition of stickers over the nipples has been deemed to fall short of being considered modest apparel. Kalgoorlie police were recently given directions ...

... of places and the city centre drove me batty as it didn't matter which way I set off I always seemed to be walking in the wrong direction of the wrong pedestrianised mall. Few facts for you, Perth is the most isolated city in the world, closer to Singapore than Sydney. I'd soon be experienced how isolated it is as I was jumping on the train down the road to Adelaide. Along with the Ghan which heads from Adelaide to Darwin, the Indian Pacific which goes from the one ocean in Perth ...

... bottom and select 'recently updated' from the table of contents.) More to be added soon if I can get hold of this cheeky unexpected connection again, including the arrival of the little cobba; the final hell-haul over to Perth through storms and floods with a foul-mouthed Irish chick white-knuckling on the back of the bike; an excitable and inquisitive trip to see the ...

... ll agree but then, someone has to do it. Hard times.. (NO pun intended!) These beauties hang around for a week and move on, which means things are kept interesting. Each week at 'changeover' the atmosphere is electric with anticipation, and as you'd expect, these last few weeks have been a right eye-opener. Some of the girls are spot on, switched on and make themsleves an absolute fortune, whilst others sink to some shocking levels to make a buck ...

... Der var minearbejdere over det hele paa det hostel, naermest ingen unge mennesker. Vi var ogsaa blevet advaret om at piger skulle passe lidt paa i denne by, saa godt jeg havde to dejlige fyre til at passe paa mig.

Fra Kalgoorlige gik den laaange tur over Nullarbor. Det er en lang straekning naesten uden nogen form for sving. De har en straekning paa 146.6 km HELT lige vej. Ret vildt - og kedeligt. Paa denne lange tur havde vi naermest ingen stop, kun for at tage ...