Kalgoorlie

May 30, 2017

16th hole at Kambalda Golf Club
Silver Lake Par 4 - 392m

We walked around town - bought a Parks' Pass at the Department of Parks and Wildlife

one of the many pubs to be seen










odometer reading 52,959
kms travelled today 71
kms travelled so far 2,725
campsite Kalgoorlie Discovery Holiday Park

May 31, 2017

We went to the Gold Museum
This is a replica of the Golden Eagle Nugget
We saw huge painted Union banners - kept in a light controlled room, a moveable police station (can run along the railway tracks), learnt about the lady who bought & renovated the historic brothel, read that the super pit will finish in 2021 - mine asking for ideas on what to do with it, saw great photos depicting life in the goldfish days

17th & 18th holes at the Kalgoorlie Golf Course
C Y O"Connor par 4 - 356m
Golden Mile Par 5 - 519m

I think we were better golfers at the end than we were at the beginning & also that we did pretty well having only a wedge & putter each. We lost 1 ball and found 2 - so finished in front!

19th Hole













odometer reading 52,987
kms travelled today 28
kms travelled so far 2,753
campsite Kalgoorlie Discovery Holiday Park

June1, 2017

The Super Pit

We took a side trip to Coolgardie
Glad I found a Coolgardie Safe in Coolgardie
There was a great museum here in a beautifully restored building. It looked like they had the entire contents of a 1900 pharmacy - all the bottles & tins & lotions etc. Coolgardie had been the 3rd largest city in Western Australia at one point.











We had dinner at Paddy's in the Exchange Hotel - pictured earlier - good choice - it was where all the locals were! We walked through the Wild West Saloon - famous for its gorgeous skimpy barmaids.

odometer reading 53,104
kms travelled today 117
kms travelled so far 2,870
campsite Kalgoorlie Discovery Holiday Park

June 2, 2017

Les went on a mine tour - saw lots of BIG things & was told lots of BIG numbers















Highlight of the day was watching Geelong beat Adelaide!!
but we had to be organised to start watching @ 5.30pm
but it was already dark - sunset @ 5pm or so here

odometer reading 53, 118
kms travelled today 14
kms travelled so far 2,884
campsite Kalgoorlie Discovery Holiday Park