Kalgoorlie Sooper Pit

It's as if the Australians are trying to create a man-made version of the Grand Canyon. They're almost succeeding! If you look closely you can see one of the tiny trucks in the foreground which can carry 250 tons of ore in one bucket.

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April 24th 2006
Week 5-6 (8th - 24th April 2006) We arrived at Esperance on the afternoon of April 7th after a 4 hour drive east from Albany. Esperance is based around a port which controls a large portion of the wheat export from the agriculture-belt that runs from Perth 600km to the east. The export of wheat (and a few other commodities) takes place through a huge hangar style building with a customs buildin ... read more

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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

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