First we went to view the superpit, the site is so deep it creates ferocious winds, I had to hold my hat under my arm, it was a glorious sight and so deep, and multi coloured, from above the huge trucks transporting the ore from the bottom looked like little ants, by the time they reached the top they resumed their normal size.
Gold was first discovered in Coolgardie in 1892, then Paddy Hannan discovered it in Kalgoorlie in 1893, so we popped up to Coolgardie one day and inspected their wonderful examples of Goldrush architecture which was mirrored in Kalgoorlie, with plush and beautiful interiors built with the wonderful warm coloured Jarrah timber.
We spent several hours in the museum which brought the history alive with many displays and below was the vault containing A$7million worth of gold nuggets, gold bars and beautiful jewellery. My eyes shone with delight at the wondrousness.
We were told of other meritorious exhibits around town and disappointed not to be able to see them as they were closed.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment