Yesterday we left Gwalia to come down to Kalgoorlie which has been a place I have always wanted to visit. Once again its a mining town, gold has been mined here for over 130 years. Now all the mining leases have been consolidated under the company called KCMG Ltd (Kalgoorlie Consolidated Mining Company). This has created a single large mine which is now one of the largest open cut gold mines in the world. Hard to believe it started from a couple of blokes prospecting in the area nearly 150 years ago. It has gone from the golden mile to a super pit!
Patrick Hannah, one of the original founders of Kalgoorlie and original gold mining lease holder. The Main Street of Kalgoorlie and many other areas are named in his honour.The York Hotel on Hannah Street, a bit over the top for a country hotel but built in 1091, it’s probably just a sign of the times.This is the super pit at Kalgoorlie. It’s a panoramic photo so it doesn’t give you the depth and overall size of the pit. All I can say, its a bloody big hole in the ground but its still one of the biggest gold producing mines in the world. Currently a tonne of rock gives you a few once’s of gold, the tailings are being kept for advances in technology to enable more gold to be extracted from the mine diggings.This bucket is from one of the mine’s diggers and can lift 65 tonnes of rock, so based on current gold prices that equates to about USD 220,000 per bucket. Sounds a lot of money but when you consider the costs involved, such as 3,100 litre fuel tank just on this digger and they are refueled at least 2 times a day, its no wonder how deep the super pit is!The Main Street of Boulder, all veranda frontage on the shops.Hay Street in Kalgoorlie has been renowned for over 100 years as the red light district of Kalgoorlie. We did a tour of the last surviving Brothel in Kalgoorlie and it was very interesting to say the least. It’s still an operating brothel but at present there are no girls working. The internet has made a major change to all occupations and the “Sex” trade is no different.
This is a working room of the brothel but its been the prime room for all “special” activities requested by the clients.
Today was a very interesting day. Hard to believe the brothel had tours and still open for business but Coles & Woolies close down at 3 pm. Funny world we live in. We are here in Kalgoorlie until Thursday when we start the long run back across the Nullarbor.
Be Brave on Tour 
Interesting town, oh that brothel 🤔🤔
Enjoy yourselves
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