Blogs from Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 3

We headed off from Mieke’s on Monday morning loaded up with left over Mussaman and Navratan curries, Red rice pork and Samosa filling courtesy of Irene and Ritchie and Boeterkoke (Dutch butter cake) from Mieke. I wonder how long it will take GMan to forgive me for forgetting to pick up the home made Citrus tart from Mieke’s fridge? We reciprocated with homemade Lime Butter which Chris whipped up on Saturday. Less than 40 minutes later we headed out from Coolgardie on the next part of our adventure. We set off to rediscover some of the areas we used to frequent when we lived in the region. Much to our surprise we discovered that there is now a tourist trail nearly 1000 kms long which explores many of the areas we planned to visit. Because of ... read more

Approximately 4 years ago Kalgoorlie Boulder was hit by an earthquake which caused a lot of damage, the most severe in one block of the main street in Boulder - Burt Street. Boulder has long been the poor relative of Kalgoorlie but as a result of this earthquake there is a project to revitalise the area with a Heritage upgrade underway. The signs are on the scaffolding as you enter underneath it. Shops are operating for very long periods of time under these conditions. Buildings which have been completed are very impressive. We went to the Recreation hotel for lunch as it was recommended for their wood fired pizza, but the oven had not yet been lit so we settled for very posh looking chicken schnitzels. As we entered the restaurant, Sheffield's, named after a former ... read more

There are lots of people from all over Africa here in the Goldfields. We found a shop for them on Burt Street Boulder and decided to send you some photos of the various products. IGA had huge gem squash for sale. We ended up buying a Durban Malay curry base and chilli biltong and pepper biltong. The shop owners make some of their own bilton for sale. We had a lovely chat, they are from Zimbabwe actually.... read more

Pete and I are on the road again at long last and heading slowly to Darwin. We have been on the road 3 days now and just loving it. Can’t beat just pulling up to some off road camping area and settling in for the late afternoon and evening as it is just so relaxing. Tonight we can’t get internet access so hence I am taking the opportunity to write my blog! Leaving Perth, we have travelled through coal mining areas and then on to vast expanses of wheat crops. Now we are on the coast at the beautiful town of Esperance where we have viewed spectacular islands off shore and the turquoise sea and pristine white sandy beaches. To top it all Pete and I took a short coastal track to a lookout when I ... read more

Monday 2 September An early wake up again, but this time I was not tempted to get out of bed early, it was a day for a lie in, we have chores to do today but they can wait for a short while. Eventually getting into the day, we manage to get out for a while, so we head up to the Superpit Shop, this used to be in Boulder but since we were here last time it has now moved up to a location on the Goldfields Highway, where there is an old mine that is now a museum and the Mining and Engineering Training facility for KCGM. Paying our $2 each to have a look around we head outside, there are a couple of huge pieces of equipment here, a wheeled front end loader ... read more