Water Pipeline Perth to Kalgoorie

Tremendous piece of engineering by C Y O'Connor. Named the Golden Pipeline and runs for 557 kms Mundaring Reservoir to the Goldfields. BUT the poor bugger got so much stick because the water didn't arrive on the day he said (or the next day, or the next day......) that he topped himself. The next day...... the water arrived! He never knew what a great acheivment he had done and died thinking he had failed. RESPECT!!

The Rest of it!!

October 8th 2006
Hi everyone. If you haven't already guessed it by now, we are back home. It took so long to do the blogs and time was limited in Internet Cafe's that we are completing it here from Home. And besides, who wants to spend all there spare time in these places when your on holiday?? So this is the balance of our Trip. It is long and there are loads of photos. We have HUNDREDS more and may rationalis ... read more

Oceania » Australia

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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