Well, I now know a bit more about Kalgoorlie: Super-pits', gold processing and yes....'skimpys'!
We spent yesterday checking out museums, lookouts and walking the Main Street in Kalgoorlie, Hannan Street. There certainly is some lovely architecture here and nearly every corner has a hotel on it, as it seems all mining towns used to have.
The 'super - pit' certainly lives up to its name and is quite mine blowing to think it once was 100's of small mining leases until Alan Bond decided to try and buy up all and turn it into me big lease. The Toyota vehicles (that seem to be everywhere) look like matchbox toys as they go up and down the road in the pit; the trucks like Tonka toys. Next year hopefully there will be a tourist train going up to the pit lookout from the train museum, so this will add an even better dimension to the tourist highlights of the area.
Speaking of highlights of the area it would be remiss of me to discount the colourful past that the infamous Hay Street bought to Kalgoorlie. Doug was the only member of out party to risk his reputation on going on a tour of a brothel in this street. Sad to say the 'ladies of the night' were very much a part of this place and its history with some of the facts and figures that Doug came back with quite 'interesting' to say the least. It seems that some miners weren't the smartest when it came to money as one person said he knew a bloke here for 8 years but didn't have a 'cracker' to his name as he had spent it on either drink, betting or women. I just hope the miners of today are a bit smarter.
Well it's back on the road agin today heading to Norseman and then across the Nullabor on the road home. Till then see ya.
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