Saw us hit the road early from Hayden and head to Narenbeen then up to Mildren following the Eastern Highway to Southern Cross, making our way to Kalgoorlie the heart of the Goldfields & furthest place East we would go by car (about 380k of driving).
Coolgardie which was along the way is now very much a ghost town even though it once teemed with prospectors and people searching for gold. The mining registry was the biggest and most interesting building in town.
Kalgoolie was an unexpected surprise in that it was quite a large city with quite an interesting main street and a mining museum. Like most of WA there was no shortage of pubs or for the more trendy bars to score a drink. Very much a male town, very much dominated by mining and men in luminescent vest and work boots driving around in 4 wheel drives (Toyotta must love WA).
Was interested to see how much work there was going though and even the amount of signs around the place looking for workers.
Visited the mining museum and saw a very interesting exhibit on Aboriginal land rights as well as the normal exhibit on the gold mining.
Next - day 4 another 300k plus & Esperance ...
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