Kalgoorlie

Kalgoorlie is Australia’s best known gold town and one of its most remote being perched on the western edge of the Nullarbor Plain.
In its hey day it had a population of over 30,000 with the usual supply of pubs, breweries and brothels. The area became known as the Golden Mile and was thought to contain the world’s richest supply of gold reserves. After the surface gold was exhausted deep reef mining started and now the “Super Pit” covers an 8 square km area and is so large it can be seen from space. Many of the attractions here relate to mining and the town has fine period buildings built during the roaring days of the gold fields. When you have a mining town and lots of single men prostitution follows and Kalgoorlie has a thriving red light district - they even offer guided tours. We went to have a look at Questa Casa “the oldest brothel in Kalgoorlie” and were shown around by the madam. The tour lasted for nearly 2 hours and we heard the history of the ladies who service the men of the town before being shown some of the rooms and equipment they use - very interesting!!
We next head for the long drive across the Nullarbor. This post is a bit out of date - haven't had a mobile signal for about 3 days and am posting this at the head of the Nullarbor where to my surprise I suddenly got a signal - if the weather holds up we may go down to Streaky Bay and have a look at Port Lincoln, don't think we will make it home by next weekend!!