One of the questions about which I have lately become interested is why Kalgoorlie had recently become Kalgoorlie-Boulder. The answer was provided today. Kalgoorlie is the city here and Boulder is the shire surrounding the city. This is much like the old Thuringowa Shire which used to have its headquarters near the Causeway Hotel. Boulder also had a town centre. Like Queensland, the Western Australian government decided on amalgamation. But the fiercely independent people from Boulder insisted that the new entity be called the Kalgoorlie-Boulder Regional Council.
Today we concentrated on the architecture in this area. This town has held on to its historical buildings unlike places like Townsville. They are very proud of their old buildings. But first, as far as old habits go, photo 1 shows a “pay to pee” here in Kalgoorlie. I was trying to be unobtrusive and missed the prices. I recall the first price in the list was $0.25. Photos 2,3,4,5 show the corner where we live in the Palace Hotel. Photos 6,7 more hotels.
We travelled the short distance to Boulder to look at the effects of the recent shallow earthquake in the area. Photos 8 to 11 refer.
We then went to the Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mine Super Pit. This is a serious hole in the ground! Driving around, you cannot help notice the spoil which is heaped everywhere. Check GoogleMap.
Note in the closeup of the work site at the bottom of the Super Pit. You can see a hole in the face in the third level up from the pit floor. This is actually an old drive from when miners dug down from the surface before the decision was made to open cut.
This afternoon things slowed up a bit and we went for a tour of one of the remaining three licensed brothels in Kalgoorlie. This brothel is the only remaining original. The madame, who was very entertaining, says she is the only madame who did not come through the ranks.
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