lördag 23 april 2011

This mine is operated 24/7 all year round. Here is one happy miner on his way to end his shift


See u at the pub, mate!

Huge machines looks like tiny toys from up here



After sightseeing we had a well deserved cold one at the top of York hotel



The old gold mining area



For your knowledge...



Gold pouring



Hot Gold!



Gold fever! Sandra holds $35 000 in her hands!



Wanna go Gold cruzing?!


For 5.5 million $ this cat can be yours :-)

This is called The Widow Maker. This machine speeded up the work, but also killed alot of men



Our guide James



38 m below surface... If the wooden poles starts to shake, you better run for it!



Without earplugs your head would explode, 120 decibel hammering noise!



Going down in this claustrofobic elevator...



In the hold mine!



fredag 22 april 2011

Sunset view over town from our balcony



Kalgoorlie



Arriving in Kalgoorlie, having lunchio town centre at Montys



Following the pipeline from Perth - Kalgoorlie



500 km inland from Perth


If your car breaks down out here you're in big trouble!

Empty Merredin town where we spent the night on our way to Kalgoorlie



Let's see what our commodation and the place we picked to eat at has to offer...



Our room for last night...


We were given a room that looked like some one had thrown a wild party in...We had to go for a drive and come back when another room had been cleaned. Good thing we had a torch coz there was no electricity in that room...The outside toilet was out of order and the shower about to crawl away...We had a great laugh and a good time! Friendly staff, really good food and drinks on the house for the inconvenience :-)