looking down into the super-pit. the tires on those trucks are taller than we are

Gormley Installation

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September 25th 2007
Despite heavy rain last night we actually made it to Antony Gormely’s “Inside Australia” artwork, out on a “dry” lake bed in the middle of nowhere 180 kms north of Kalgoorlie this afternoon. Started east on the Indian Pacific train on Sunday, but after 11 hours got off in this large gold mining town for a few days and rented a 4WD land cruiser. We left our foot prints all across the lake ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Kalgoorlie

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more