Diggers Inn

... many losses, finally a railroad was built over the pass - nothing short of an engineering masterpiece. While the myriads of gold diggers have long since been replaced by even larger crowds of cruise ship tourists, the railroad is still running, and has ...

... then had dinner at a nice little pub there on the square. Next it was back in the car and on a journey to find another pub. Diggers Pub is the common name for a pub known as the Athletic Arms. It's called that because in the folklore it was a stopping ...

... reports about the finds than be out there digging them up!  A not-so-tough old Swede!  The staff and other diggers were really neat people and I wished I could have completed the program.  With the help of a wonderful staff ...

So - nach dem kleinen Ausbruch nach Vancouver und zurück geht's jetzt mit der Reise durch den Norden weiter. Beinahe täglich schickt Air North, die Airline des Yukon-Territoriums, eine ihrer Hawker Siddeley HS748 auf den "North Sked", die Nordrunde. ...

... a while, but it gave us some rest time. Police escorts have been great on the road looking after us. Staying at Digger's Inn so got a chance to do some washing and rest for the afternoon before another long day tomorrow. Some of the Curves ladies came to ...

... , he predicted with great certainty. Watching the process, we thought this was entirely possible. All the passengers became diggers and pushers. After an hour of shovelling, the axels were at last totally clear and as we pushed with all ...

... car and on the road again.  At Pine Creek we rejoined the Stuart Highway.  This small settlement was established by gold diggers in the 1870’s and there have been iron ore, silver and uranium mining operations here ever since. There was a ...

... Christmas parties on Saturday night.  We ended up back at the Brewery where we have developed a taste for the “Diggers Gold”.  We sat outside, watching the world go by, and entertaining ourselves by counting the number of vehicles ...

... kid drop of doom with the kids and it was great, they were scared, but laughed. From there, the kids got to try out real diggers to dig up rocks. Easton absolutely loved it, while Ella melted down as she couldn't figure out the gears. Then the kids got to ...

... call him a boyfriend since he never was exclusive with me) who wants to meet while I am home in Indiana.  This is the same guy who ditched me twice for what he thought was a better girlfriend.  Unfortunately for him, they were ...

... Along the roadsides and across the fields, you will see many lumps of rubble. This is not rubble but he aftermath of the diggers that have blown this from the ground looking for Opals. He asked us how many we thought there were, and I guessed ...

... resulted in a series of riots and an intensification of fear and anger from both sides of the cultural divide. Groups like the Diggers tried to help the migrants with food and clothing while some of the local hip businesses tried to work with the city to ...

... the normal wooden house on stilts! The construction industry looks like it is in full bloom, always see lots of places to buy diggers, and all other equipment, and everywhere new buildings being built, I think we got here just in time, its not touristy ...

... gold producing mine in Southern Hemisphere - and it really was one big hole in the ground, complete with roads for the biggest diggers you have ever seen.... To show the actual size - they had put the humongous tyres from the trucks on ...

... . Very well maintained. What immediately stikes you is that the actual area is not that large. We visited the beach where the diggers landed Anzac Cove) - very small (600 metres width) and the cliffs are steep. We also visited the grave sites and saw ...

... Crater after visiting the impressive museum there.  We also stopped at two Memorials to Australian soldiers.  One was to the tunnel diggers at Hill 60 and the other was at the target mound at Polygon Wood.  We then went into the town of ...

... I saw buckets of them going by... big ones.. After breakfast we checked out and drove back to the beach. a number of clam diggers are still out along with a few people fishing... It is windy and freezing cold.. Took a few pictures and head out ...

... we decided T-shirt and shorts were the best option. Well at least we dried off more quickly! After a walk around the headland to Diggers Beach, during which I spent a long time on my arse as we opted not to take the easy boardwalk option, and after Neil ...

... we were just bowled over by the sheer enormity of these parts being moved. we saw the wheels being transported and a couple of diggers and the carriage that the driver would probably sit in, and all seeming to be convoyed to one location, where there ...