Today we turned inland for the first time since arriving in Western Australia. The endpoint was Kalgoorlie, Australia's capital of gold mining. The journey was a little under 400km, into an area reminiscent of far western Queensland mining country.
The trip took us through Norseman, around which there are mines also. An interesting feature at Norseman was the tin camels. We did not understand it either until we drove up to them. They adorn the main roundabout off the highway into the town.
We arrived in Kalgoorlie after 1pm and after the obligatory visit to the Information Bureau, we had lunch in a local park. This is two picnic lunches in two days. Yesterday's surroundings (Lucky Bay) were very different from today's.
Driving into the town, getting out of the car and feeling the atmosphere, we were both immediately reminded of Mount Isa.
One of the attractions of Kalgoorlie to me is the Dennis fire engine which is part of the Museum of Western Australia display here. This Dennis is similar to mine, but from 1925. It was cosmetically restored in the 1990s, which means it is in very original condition.
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