We planned to have 2 days here as Michael had read up and felt there was quite a bit to do. We had wanted to do the Superpit Tour (2&1/2hrs) which takes you up close to the trucks that drive into the huge superpit and also takes you into the gold processing plant. However, the tours were booked out until the Saturday ( and we arrived on the Tuesday night). We felt this was too long to wait around for, so had to be content with just looking at he superpit from the public lookout. It was pretty huge.
The first day, I had a break in the morning while Michael took the kids for a looks at the superpit and for a drive around town. We had a rest in the middle of the day, and then in the afternoon, I went to a secondhand book shop (and had some success with a couple of finds) and the kid’s went to a park.
The second day, we went to the museum in the morning. We arrived in time for the free guided tour. We were taken down to the gold vault and shown some of the historic pieces of gold, and a replica of the golden eagle. We saw inside the remains of the narrowest hotel. We saw the boardroom of one of the mining ‘magnates’ at the time (complete with secret door in one of the Jarrah wood panels – kids loved this). We saw a policeman’s rail carriage office, a pioneer house and other interesting things. We went back to the van for lunch and another nap. Then another drive in the afternoon.
That was it for Kalgoorlie- Boulder, and that was also pretty much it for WA. Tomorrow we were heading across the Nullabor. We might still be in WA tomorrow, but not anywhere significant. We made sure all the technology devices were charged up and we put some new audiobooks on Hannah and Bethany’s iPads.