16th July: slow start to the day then visited the Museum of the Goldfields- an eclectic collection of gold mining memorabilia, historical facts, current social conditions in Kalgoorlie- Boulder, various indigenous artifacts, a collection of taxidermied birds and animals of the area, a collection of aerial photographs of nearby salt lakes, a vault of various gold nuggets found in The Golden Mile, plus things made of gold, and a tower with a view over Kalgoorlie. 

We then visited Boulder, an extension of Kalgoorlie with better preserved but equally empty buildings down the Main Street, Burt St. we had coffee and a snack at Dharma cafe, then walked up and down Burt St, and visited the Boulder Goldfields war museum, its contents self evident!

We then prepared to leave tomorrow- filling up with diesel, water, cleaning mud off our mudflaps etc and I made us up more muesli. We will have dinner at the Exchange Hotel to soak up a few local vibes!

The Exchange Hotel is where the action is in Kalgoorlie on a Wednesday night! Paddy’s restaurant was full of young people eating and laughing and doing the Wednesday night trivia quiz! Nic had lamb shanks and I had WA free caught fillet fish with mashed sweet potato and broccolini.


Museum of the Goldfields
Sign to deter visitors from walking on garden!
View of Hannan St from tower







Main Street of Boulder all dressed up but going nowhere!









































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