Day 14: An early morning start for us having to be down in the main street of Kalgoorlie by 8:45. No long lingering cups of tea to start the day with as we were on a 2.5 hour tour with no toilet facilities so no chances taken. The SuperPit is just that, humungous, it produces 750,000 ore tonnes per year yielding 56,000 ounces of gold, nearly 5 kilos a day. When finally closed down in 2029 they estimate the Pit will be 3.9 kilometres long, 1.6 wide and 700 dee...

Day 13: The big bang happened and like any fireworks we all went yayyyyyy. After a leisurely morning…well we couldn't get near a washing machine for love nor money, everyone obviously had the same idea. So, we went to explore Boulder, much nicer I thought to Kalgoorlie itself. Buildings lovely and just a nicer feel about it I thought. After a coffee we went on a search for my timber place….hmmmm in the back blocks and chain wire and barbed wire and mess ...

Day 12: Delightful morning waking up and not having to get up and pack the van. Beautiful sparkling day, a bit fresh but it will do. Had great plans of going on a Superpit tour, although we did one 7 years ago it was only the one hour tour and it was pouring rain so could not see a great deal except the massive size. Wally went online and all booked out today and tomorrow and Thursday is supposed to be yuk weather wise but we booked for a 2.5 hour tour with a...

Day 11: A night of a diesel generator going all night and I do remember that from seven years ago but we were all up and gone by 8 am. Balladonia is just a stopover point for everyone it seems. It was an uneventful 200 kms to Norseman …. The end of the Nullarbor…..yayyyyyyy. The area is classed the western woodland area and so just 200 kms of woodland, couldn't even play 'eye spy'. The day fairly cloudy and bleak so not interesting. Norseman is fairly sa...