Day 10. Today we are checking out the mining operations, back streets and old heritage buildings of Kalgoorlie and Boulder. A walk down the beautiful old Main Street of Boulder and into the grand Town Hall to view the council chambers with its polished karri and jarrah floors, a very interesting war museum and finally coffees at a beaut local cafe. A short drive up to the Super Pit on the Golden Mile, a massive open cut gold mine being the largest in the world. They have mined over $16 billion worth of gold in today’s values! Many huge mining tipper trucks slowly crawling out of the mine, a mammoth operation. Next to Mt Charlotte for a view over the sprawling city and where the water storage pipeline brings water to Kalgoorlie from over 700km. Tonight’s dinner at the heritage Hotel Kalgoorlie with a drink in the beer garden. Warm 19 degrees. Tomorrow we head north through the old goldfields towns of Leonora, Leinster and Meekatharra towards the Pilbara to rejoin our original plan out of the Central deserts.