We departed Southern Cross, (the state's first goldrush town and the last wheatbelt town), in thick fog and drove for quite a long way before it lifted. We drove for most of the way alongside the Golden Pipeline, which brings water from Perth to Kalgoolie, a distance of approximately 600km. It was built in 1903 and has just been given World Heritage status.
Checked into Prospect Holiday Park ($45 power & water), and after lunch had a walk around the town with its lovely wide streets and many old, well presereved buildings.
The next day we drove out to the gold producing Super Pit Lookout. Its hard to describe the huge hole (500metres deep), which made massive trucks look tiny at the bottom. Each load in the dump trucks is worth $10,000. We then went to find the Mining Hall of Fame, only to find it had closed.
In the afternoon we took the Brothel Tour at Australia's oldest operating brothel, Questa Casa. The madam was a very well spoken lady and not a working girl!!!! The tour was very entertaining as she shared many amusing stories of her 20 years as owner and madam of the business. Before returning to camp we went to one of the beautifully renovated pubs for a drink, served by a "skimpie" (very attractive bar staff wearing only underwear).
We liked Kalgoolie. It is an interesting town with lots of history. Tomorrow we begin our drive across the Nullabor.
Cheers
Rhonda (Sam) & Pete
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