We stayed at Kalgoorlie 2 nights at a huge camp about 12km out of town. Kalgoorlie is a huge mining industry town, with the Superpit being the biggest open cut mine in Australia and is visable from space. We all took the tour of the Superpit were we went to the internal viewing platforms and were able to get up close to the massive dump trucks, we also seen the mechanic workshop and the milling machines that process the high grade ore to extract the gold. It was a great tour and we found out lots of interesting information about the mine. While in Kalgoorlie we also visited the muesum, it has a gold vault that houses many very large pieces of gold that is on display for viewing. We also went to the lookouts and the old 2 up shed (a shed were 2 up was legally allowed to be played). Before leaving on Sunday we went to the Boulder Markets and had a look at the pub that has a mining shaft directly under it in the bar area.
Kalgoorlie from the lookout
Looking into the Superpit
Trevor and Ray looking offical in their highvis vest
The Superpit lit up at night
The dump trucks working the Superpit (top speed 12km/hr up hill when loaded)
Up close with a loaded dump truck
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