Kalgoorlie

We only had a very quick glimpse of Kalgoorlie but it's a lovely place, very much in indebted to the mining industry which seems to be going very well. We undertook a tour of the Super Pit and wow, it's amazing!! 

 

We had to don these hi-viz vests and safety glasses so looked like real miners!! 😏

This tour was one of the best we've done as it told us so many interesting facts - most that I remember is: one huge truck of ore like this probably yields a golf ball size of gold:

 

40% of the employees are female and they have no special considerations - equal pay for equal work. 

When the mine ceases they have no obligation to fill the huge hole and would  probably leave it as is for tourism:

 

If you look closely, you can see one of the huge trucks down the bottom which looks like a toy - the  depth is 550+ metres so it's a fair hole! 

The costs to mine are huge, and the price of gold probably dictates whether it's viable to continue or not. The company KSGM are committed to supporting the community and are very generous supporting the local businesses, community and charities . This company was established by Alan Bond by consolidating several mining leases and it seems to have been a very good move.

Kalgoorlie has such beautiful buildings - I love this one:

 

and this interior of one of the many pubs:

 

Now we are sitting on the Nullarbor around our campfire - we are in a free campsite and are pretty happy to be away from the road and be nice and quiet.

 We are really hoping some whales will be visible at Head of the Bight as we've been telling Dennis the whole trip to look for whales - and he thinks they are mythical!!  We hope you are all well, till the next blog, love from Marg Darryl Dennis and Tops ❌❌❌❌