Hope in the lift that will take us underground
Jim, and us underground
A working dumper truck in the Super Pit
More machinery
The Super Pit, Kalgoorlie
As soon as the birds are up, so is John. 5.15 This morning Hope and I where having our airbeds deflated under us. "We must go before the flies appear" Not impressed! However we where on the road to Kalgoorlie by 7.00 am.
We only stopped long enough to take photos of the camels in the middle of a traffic circle in Norseman. By this time the flies where out in force, and when you climbed into the car you had picked up about 20 extra passengers.
Kalgoorlie, the home of the Super Pit. This is a gigantic pit with all the massive mining machinery working it. This was an awesome site, and one that must be viewed as trying to photograph it is impossible. However we did try. from there we went to the Australian Prospectors & Miners Hall of Fame. Hope and I panned for gold (didn't find any) and then we went 127 metres down the original mine shaft. We had a fantastic tour with a really interesting tour guide by the name of Jim. Jim worked the mines for many years and gave us first hand experience and humour of the workings "down under". (Anyone see what I did.. he he he.)
We could not deal with the thought of more flies so we decided to drive through to Perth. We are here staying in a Formula 1 near the airport. We decided on this for tonight as it was dark when we arrived. Tomorrow we will find a campsite.
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