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    Laverton: Parked up outside the visitors centreJust arrived at the Giles Breakaway campsite1View to the valley below our camp2Not relevent, but a recent photo of my georgeous little grandy, Reegan. 😜

    Laverton - Great Central Rd

    May 15, 2018 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 18 °C

    We left Laverton after lunch today and took the GCR to our overnight spot, free camping at the Giles Breakaway. No facilities of course, just a nice view down into the valley and a quiet place to ourselves. There is one other couple here tonight, but after some chit chat they drove off down a track to find their own private spot. They said they’ve done this journey 4 times before.

    We had coffee at the Laverton Visitors Centre, where we had to get permits to travel across to Uluru, one for the WA side of the border and the other for the NT side. They are permits that allow us to travel on Native Title Land. A sign of respect I think as they do not cost anything, but you are expected to have them.

    The tour we paid for in the Visitors Centre was excellent. It was a good interpretative story of the history of Laverton and surrounding regions, going right back to the early exploration of the area by Sir John Forrest.

    Dave had to let Phoebe out at midnight last night and he said the night sky was phenomenal. He wanted to wake me up to have a look but thought better of it. I wonder why  😂

    Right now we are cooking a chicken casserole on the BBQ. It’s smelling pretty darn nice.    Read more

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    The hotel was built in 1900-1901
    There's gold in that there hole! 😂More of the pit250 tons of the right rock might produce a golf ball sized piece of gold.The Pink House. The girls open the pink doors and stand in the doorway.An inside bedroom where the action takes placeThe Dominatrix room, for those who like a little bit of pain!Madam Carmel, she's nearly 80.

    The Superpit and the Brothel

    May 9, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

    Today we had a look at the two most famous places in Kalgoorlie.

    The Goldmine.
    Each dump truck (worth $4.4 million each) carries 250 tons of rubble out of the pit. Only one out of every 7 trucks carries the high grade rock, which after crushing and processing will yield about a golf ball sized lump of pure gold. The mine owns and runs 40 trucks and various other mammoth machines 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The tour was well worth it. The size and scale of the everything was huge.

    The Brothel
    Questa Casa or The Pink House. Back in its heydey it had ten working rooms and as many girls who were kept very busy and apparently they made pots of money. It’s still a working brothel and the girls start at 7pm.

    Now, the Questa Casa has just three rooms in use and there is only demand for two sex workers at a time. Prices are $150 for a half-hour and $280 for a full hour. (I thought you might like to know that vital piece of information).

    To keep the brothel afloat, Carmel and her daughter (the madams) run daily tours for travellers. There was 18 in our group and at $25 a head that’s pretty good money for an hour or so.    Read more

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    A clever play on words for a clothing boutique
    Sculpture in the visitors centre2Outside the famous Hay St Brothel.

    Kalgoorlie

    May 7, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C

    We are in Kalgoorlie. Will be here for a few days while waiting for some stuff to arrive at the post office.

  • The GypsiesTravelling eastThe Gypsies
    Our first camp fire. Gorge Rock
    Davo settling in with a winePulled into this salt lake for lunchCamped at the BreakawaysThe BreakawaysThe Breakaways

    On the Road to Kalgoorlie

    May 5, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    Finally we are on the road again. We had some mechanical issues with our truck and they took much longer to sort out than we expected. Iveco eventually fixed the problems after much discussion and time wasted.
    However we had a lovely time catching up with both our families and were sad to say goodbye. BUT ARE SOOOO GLAD to be moving on and doing what we planned. Well actually, there is not much of a plan but heading East is a good start.    Read more

    Trip start
    May 4, 2018
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