Kalgoorlie - Day 10

Mackenzie - Today we mostly were driving, we stopped at Norseman and I got a certificate for crossing the Nulabor and we set up at the caravan site and there is a pool and a playground.  We didn't have lunch oops, but for dinner we had Maccas dinner pack.  A little while later we drove to the super pit, it is 400 m deep, we watched the sun go down.

us at night in a scoop off a dozer at the superpit at night

 

Fletcher :  Today we left from Esperence to Kalgoorlie.  We stopped at Norseman and got a certificate for travelling on the nullabor.  Then we drove to Kalgoorlie, we went to the caravan park we are staying at and played in the playground.  For dinner we went to McDonalds, we got there too early so we had to wait for there dinner pack.  Then we rang my poppie because it was his birthday.  We had dinner then we drove around town, we went to the mine where my uncle & auntie used to work at called the superpit.  We went to the lookout and looked at all the machines working at night.  The superpit is 400metres deep.

                                                                   Me at Bromus dam

 

We had a few stops to do this morning before we left Esperance, one being for a new jockey wheel for the van.  It had become increasingly harder to wind up & down and this morning it gave up, luckily at the exact same moment we hitched it to the tow ball.  So although today was only about 400kms we didn't make it in to Kalgoorlie until quite late in the afternoon.  So late in fact a few caravan parks were booked out.  We stopped along the way for the kids to get their certificates for  crossing the nullabor. Some sight seeing at Bromus dam and way too many kms stuck behind a wide load vehicle, it was a harvester that took up both lanes, quite a sight to see.  Once we set up we had a drive around town, it was nice to see some familiar shops to home and Fletcher was really excited to see an EB Games.  The town is actually bigger than you would think and every 2nd person is in the fluro orange & blue work gear. There is so many pubs, most offering skimpies - scantily clad waitresses - sorry Dan no pub lunches for you in Kalgoorlie!  Daniel has been here before with his best mate Cameron but it was about 13 years ago and he has great memories of the place.  A quick trip out to the Superpit to see it at night but it didnt photogragh well at all, but it is amazing to see, we will go again in the morning to see it during the day.   As we drove through the day and snacked on musli bars and treats out of the basket, it wasn't until 4pm that we realised we hadnt had lunch - parents of the year!  So today we treated ourselves to McDonalds- my 1st ever Big Mac- well if you count it as a Big Mac without the meat in it !  So it was a lettuce, cheese & special sauce on a bun that I filled with fries.  Dan on the other hand had a big mac plus my 2 pieces of meat - 4 meat patties in his burger, it was as big as the superpit!  We are all tired today for some reason and can't believe we are at day 10 already.  A call to Poppie for his birthday, which was nice to touch base with home.  Only to learn it was a terrible day in Melbourne with rain, we on the other hand had 28 degrees and had the car air conditioner going a fair part of the day.  We gave Bentley a haircut tonight, we brang his clippers along to keep him from getting long & matted fur, so what started as a quick trim because he had grease on his tail- who knows where that came from??  ended up being an all over cut to a number 2, still fluffy but much tidier.  Although its been great to be remote, it is also great to have the luxury of technology as I get to recieve & send texts to my dear friends who I miss already. 

                                                                     Bromus Dam