Quest Yelverton Kalgoorlie

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Musings
It seems strange to think that we were so against the destruction of natural landscapes in Borneo to produce a regimented, organised crop. Yet here we have been impressed with the destruction of a landscape to produce a human comodity. I think the difference in landscapes helped though. Over here they are not destroying pristine, virgin rainforest, they are destroying, well, not a lot really - a few eucalyptus, red sand, some shrubs ...

... world-famous hand-painted Victorian stage curtain- and as luck would have it, it was lowered on the day on our visit. Of far more interest was the fact that AC/DC had performed here – it must have been one heck of a concert!

From here it was a return to more interesting sites in Kalgoorlie, this time concentrating more on the dwellings and life-styles of some of the early settlers. Following this we made our way to the ...

... their hand at fishing off the rocks with crabs for bait. No luck. We went for a big walk around the point, spent a couple of hours chatting with Ken & Maree, Kiwi farmers from Matamata, who bought a dairy farm in Echuca, Victora 14 years ago. The water allocation for irrigation was dropped to less than 30% three years ago and they pretty much sold the herd & walked off the property. They bought a camper, and headed off, and so far, they haven't left WA ...

... which has incredible architecture dating back to the late 1890s when gold was discovered here and the wealth was immense. We were quite keen to get out into the country so headed for Goongarrie Homestead, an ex sheep station and sandalwood producer now managed by the DEC (like DOC only spelt different ha ha). This was a real experience and an amazing insight into how tough life must have been ...

... carts with complimentary golf tees in the dashboard. Our man of the moment likes to steal as many tees as he can stuff in his pockets. I've threatened to dob him into the golf clubs he's stealing from, but this has no effect of course. He'll also scavenge the course for tees that golfers have left behind after driving off the tee. Thanks for providing so much material for this blog entry Gordon. Much appreciated. Stay tuned for more tales from the Gordon file.

... the Licensing Enforcement Division of the Police Department in Perth to ensure Kalgoorlie was in keeping with the rest of the state when it came to enforcing issues around licensing." There's a lot of ****** off miners out here and it was even raised on Channel 7's Sunrise program yesterday morning. It was briefly mentioned in their Sunrise Allstars segment.

... to the other in Sydney is a famous train journey. For some bizarre reason I thought it'd be an experience to travel on it. Not right the way across but as far as Adelaide. I had my sneaky suspicions that it'd be an awful experience, but thought it was something worth doing as not many people have crossed the Nullarbor Plains. Off I trotted to the train station, checked in my big bag and waited until it was time to board. About 40 minutes before departure an announcement came that ...

... 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, the skimpies are up. Don't say I don't keep my promises. Lee, uploaded a pic of your boy, just so you know he's in one piece and breathing. Hope it keeps you going. The rest will follow, keep smilin'.. x)

... it's all good entertainment value. From 6am on a Monday morning the front bar of the hotel is alive with fluorescent jackets guzzling down pint after pint of 'Super' while hurling all sorts of innuendo at the half-naked hottie behind the bar. That's six 'o clock in the morning. As I said, different world. Sarah and I went our separate ways not long after our arrival. Nothing scandalous to report, just that it became clear quite quickly that our ...

... at sjove skilte og tisse/benzin pause, for det er bare bush og orken det hele. Den forste dag korte vi over 900 km - pyha en dag.

Da vi endelig kom over Nullarbor og blev lidt mere ceviliseret var der ikke lige frem meget mere at se paa. Godt nok kom der lidt byer og lidt net paa mobilen, men ikke noget at se.

Vores forste rigtige stop var Port Lincoln, Australiens storste fiskeriby. Som saa mange andre storre byer vi er igennem, var det forste stop ...