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November 12, 2020
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Day 1
Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 7:00 AM
⛅ 20 °C
Altitude: 16 m
Australia East Perth -31.94315, 115.87789931°56’35” S 115°52’40” E
On our way
November 12, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
At the East Perth Terminal, about to board The Prospector
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Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 8:34 AM
☀️ 15 °C
Altitude: 121 m
Australia Toodyay -31.550945, 116.46586731°33’3” S 116°27’57” E
near Toodyay
November 12, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
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Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 9:45 AM
☀️ 18 °C
Altitude: 243 m
Australia Tammin -31.641823, 117.491631°38’31” S 117°29’30” E
wheat country at Tammin
November 12, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
The country out here is already dry and flat, even though we are less than 2 hours east of Perth. It must be a tough life out here.
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Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 10:39 AM
☀️ 20 °C
Altitude: 317 m
Australia Merredin -31.482487, 118.27639831°28’57” S 118°16’35” E
Smokoe in Merredin
November 12, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
The train takes a five minute stop in Merredin to change the train crew. The smokers take the chance for a crafty drag. And Rob for a crafty stroll ;-)
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Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 1:24 PM
☀️ 24 °C
Altitude: 371 m
Australia Moorine Rock -31.303263, 119.126931°18’12” S 119°7’37” E
A lot of nothing
November 12, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
East of Merredin the wheat farms soon disappear. After that, there’s just a lot of nothing: sparse, struggling scrub, interspersed with open russet ground, and the dirt maintenance road which tracks alongside the railway like a dusty friend.Read more
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Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 1:55 PM
☀️ 25 °C
Altitude: 365 m
Australia Bonnie Vale -30.8425, 121.15011730°50’33” S 121°9’0” E
Dad, where are ya?
November 12, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Not much action in Bonnie Vale. One of the small request-only stops, and the last before Kalgoorlie.
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Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 2:27 PM
☀️ 26 °C
Altitude: 371 m
Australia Piccadilly -30.746388, 121.46708730°44’47” S 121°28’2” E
Arrived
November 12, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Arrived in one piece after a better than expected train experience. Apart from the hard seats which gave me a numb bum. Here’s Rob signing out the car.
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Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 4:40 PM
☀️ 28 °C
Altitude: 365 m
Australia Piccadilly -30.745012, 121.46172230°44’42” S 121°27’42” E
Home sweet Kal
November 12, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Here we are safely in our home sweet home for 4 nights.
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Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 6:33 PM
🌙 24 °C
Altitude: 367 m
Australia Piccadilly -30.748422, 121.46527830°44’54” S 121°27’55” E
Evening in Kal
November 12, 2020 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 24 °C
A wander into town - 20 minutes away - was rewarded with a totally delicious Thai meal at Yada Thai on Hannan Street. As good a Thai meal as I’ve had anywhere.
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Day 2
Friday, November 13, 2020 at 10:23 AM
☀️ 25 °C
Altitude: 377 m
Australia Brown Hill -30.760166, 121.4985530°45’37” S 121°29’55” E
Super pit
November 13, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
The super pit has 1.5 hour tours running, taking you around this working open pit mine site. The hole is roughly 3.5 km long, 1.5 km wide and at its deepest is 650 m. And it’s still growing. It’s well worth a look. We’ll head back to the public lookout this afternoon to watch a blast, scheduled for 5:30 pm.Read more
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Day 2
Friday, November 13, 2020 at 3:19 PM
☀️ 30 °C
Altitude: 375 m
Australia Kalgoorlie-Boulder -30.74893, 121.47075530°44’56” S 121°28’15” E
Kalgoorlie Town Hall
November 13, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
The former Town Hall is now the tourist information centre. I wandered and asked the chap who was vacuuming if there was any chance that we could look into the main hall. Les the caretaker was only too please open up the magnificent hall and council rooms for us. You can see the splendour in the photographs. Even with the dreadfully harsh lighting and lack of chandeliers the hall is spectacular. It would be wonderful if they could get a grant to restore it to its rightful glory.Read more
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Day 2
Friday, November 13, 2020 at 3:48 PM
☀️ 30 °C
Altitude: 375 m
Australia Kalgoorlie-Boulder -30.748953, 121.47076430°44’56” S 121°28’15” E
Miscellaneous Kal
November 13, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
The old City Markets building. Sadly it’s not in use. And the headframe at the WA Mining Museum, and the view therefrom
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Day 2
Friday, November 13, 2020 at 4:11 PM
☀️ 30 °C
Altitude: 368 m
Australia Kalgoorlie-Boulder -30.74803, 121.47192530°44’53” S 121°28’19” E
York Hotel
November 13, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
One of the old pubs on Hannan Street.

Rob insisted on keeping his hat on.
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Day 2
Friday, November 13, 2020 at 5:08 PM
☀️ 29 °C
Altitude: 349 m
Australia Boulder -30.788995, 121.5031230°47’20” S 121°30’11” E
The other Super Pit lookout
November 13, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
This is the view from the public lookout area. A blast was due at 5:30 pm but it must have been very early, late, or cancelled.
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Day 3
Saturday, November 14, 2020 at 11:05 AM
☀️ 28 °C
Altitude: 375 m
Australia Leonora -29.445212, 120.60701229°26’43” S 120°36’25” E
Lake Ballard - Inside Australia
November 14, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
In 2003, the famous British sculptor installed the Inside Australia work in remote Lake Ballard, 2 hours north of Kalgoorlie, as part of the Perth International Arts Festival. It consists of 51 metal figures widely spaced in the dead flat, salt encrusted base of the lake. The landscape and figures are dramatic. And its success had lead it to be retained to this day.

The stylised figures are like distorted spindly ghosts even when close up, matching their appearance as they vanish into the distant mirage haze.Read more
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Day 3
Saturday, November 14, 2020 at 2:41 PM
⛅ 23 °C
Altitude: 393 m
Australia Broad Arrow -30.448478, 121.32953730°26’55” S 121°19’46” E
Broad Arrow tavern
November 14, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
38 km north of Kal, the tavern is all that remains of the town of Broad Arrow. With a population of up to 15,000 it was a bustling centre for gold mining, having 8 hotels, 2 breweries and even its own stock exchange. By the 1920s the gold had run out and the town was abandoned.

Nowadays it’s a popular trip for the Kal locals and travellers who can sample a Broady Burger and leave their signature on the walls.Read more
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Day 4
Sunday, November 15, 2020 at 1:23 PM
⛅ 22 °C
Altitude: 423 m
Australia Coolgardie -30.956197, 121.16202530°57’22” S 121°9’43” E
Coolgardie
November 15, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Known as the Mother of the Goldfields, Coolgardie population ~800 is a shadow of its former glory, when it was at one time the third biggest town in WA, with a population of more than 5000 in 1898 and still growing. As the gold dried up its population dwindled too, at one time as low as 200. Tourism has seen some growth in recent years.Read more
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Day 5
Monday, November 16, 2020 at 6:55 AM
☀️ 14 °C
Altitude: 368 m
Australia Piccadilly -30.746662, 121.46607230°44’48” S 121°27’58” E
All aboard
November 16, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
To Kal station, dropped of the car and left the keys at the station office. A bright and early 07:05 departure for Perth, ETA 13:45.

Later: running a bit late. Passenger challenges guard how could a train scheduled to arrive at 1:45 in fact arrive at 2:20? He says “if you remember we had to stop for a while outside Tammin (to wait for a freight train) and we can’t guarantee arrival time unfortunately”. “That’s appallingly”, says she. “Well if you think that’s bad, last week we had a service arrive 7 hours late”. “I know” she says, “I was on that one too”. “Well you’re the common denominator then” says the guard and walks off triumphant.Read more
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Trip end
November 16, 2020