Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Kalgoorlie-Boulder


Kalgoorlie, known as Kalgoorlie-Boulder, or 'Kal', as the locals call it, The town was founded in 1893 during the Yilgarn-Goldfields gold rush, and is located close to the so-called "Golden Mile" and thousands of prospectors made the journey east of Perth to seek their fortunes. Today, their legacy lives on in magnificent architecture and one of the world's largest open cut mines - the Super Pit. At 3.5 kilometres long and 1.5 kilometres wide, the pit produces 900,000 ounces of gold each year it operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and a visitor centre overlooks it..
We seem to bounce back to this place for one reason or another and this won't be the last time I pop up photos of the place....









No comments:

Post a Comment