We have spent a few days in Kalgoorlie-Boulder where it has been so hot we have been glad of an air conditioner in the caravan. It's an interesting exercise to try to imagine life here 100 years ago without water and all the mod-cons we have today!
Water is piped all the way from Mandaring near Perth to a reservoir in Kalgoorlie. The pipeline was first built in the early 1900s and much of it is still part of today's pipeline. The photo above was taken from the reservoir and shows the Super Pit in the background.
The arboretum at Kalgoorlie-Boulder is a really lovely place. We found a cool breeze here, lots of lovely trees and a picnic area.
We went on a tour of the Super Pit which is the Kalgoorlie open cut gold mine. This reminder of what happens when your ute gets in the way of a big truck is at the entrance to the mine.
The trucks are BIG! See the ladder you have to climb to get into the driver's seat! With a load of ore they weigh about 400 tonnes.
The Super Pit is massive - 3.5km long, 1.5km wide and 500 metres deep.
The trucks look like little toys!
This one is about to unload into the crusher. Our tour guide gave us so much information that I couldn't retain it all. For all the facts and figures you could check out the web site: http://www.superpit.com.au/
We set off across the Nullabor tomorrow, so blessings to you all and we will catch up again closer to eastern Australia.
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