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Goldfields Run - Western Australia 2011
G'Day,
Perth, after a few days business meetings finally picked up my trusty BMW GS8 "Bumble Bee" from a mate in Fremantle / Western Australia, the bike was trucked over from Sydney / NSW and arrived a few days earlier. Early October 2011, great weather to kick off another run in the Aussie Outback tackling part of Australia's Longest Shortcut, by far one of my favourite rides through the vast and beautiful Australian Outback: Outback Way - Australia's Longest Shortcut - Home This Western Australia Outback ride included the famous Golden Quest Discovery Trail "Gold! Gold! Gold!" was the euphoric shout that echoed globally in the second half of the 19th century. This was the era of the great goldrushes that ignited passions, fuelled economies and created massive migrations to some of the world's most remote regions. The Golden Quest Discovery Trail takes visitors on a journey through the vast landscape of the Eastern Goldfields (Western Australia), revealing the region's vibrant history and its rich amalgam of natural, Aboriginal and European heritage. http://tb-racing.smugmug.com/photos/...P1000690-L.jpg http://tb-racing.smugmug.com/photos/...P1000689-L.jpg http://tb-racing.smugmug.com/photos/...0/L/GFT1-L.jpg http://tb-racing.smugmug.com/photos/...0/L/GFT2-L.jpg |
The usual walk around the waterfront (Fishing Boat Harbour) just nearby Little Creatures Brewery.
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Outback ride preparations and loading up the bike..... remember when dealing with the Outback, don't forget the six P's: Proper Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance.
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Perth, early morning start heading out of town....
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Lunch stop in Coolgardie....
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Never been to the west ,looks great ,thanks for sharing.Noel
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Staying and meeting up with mates in famous Kalgoorlie (home of the Super Pit) for a few days off-roading, cold beers and some meat burning...
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After a few relaxing days in Kalgoorlie, hitting the road up the Goldfields trail, Golden Quest Discovery Trail towards Ora-Banda: Ora Banda Historical Inn
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After two cold ones at the historical Ora-Banda Inn riding onwards to Siberia: Siberia WA @ ExplorOz Places
"To Hell or Siberia" in Western Australia was the saying during the 1893 gold Rush and nowadays only the old Cemetery with a few graves and dangerous mine shafts remain. http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-94Dm...-94DmcKD-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-HVG7...-HVG7NrV-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-WfxR...-WfxRzRj-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-j9w2...-j9w2Qfc-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-zcGX...-zcGXS9p-L.jpg |
The usual road-kill on the shoulder on the short tarmac road up to Menzies from Siberia.
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As a long time license plate, road and highway sign, gas station memorabilia collector admired this particular petrol station outside Menzies....
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Just up the road outside Menzies is the old Menzies Cemetery is, regrettably, the final resting place of well over 100 men and women who succumbed to typhoid fever.
Typhoid was a major killer all over the goldfields from the early years of the ‘rush’ and, at the time, its causes were only just beginning to be understood, but there were a growing number of individuals from the medical community who were suspecting contaminated water was involved. They were right... The Menzies Cemetery is not only one of largest on the goldfields, but it also features a number of ornate ‘headstones’ cut from tin. http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-8Tp3...-8Tp3ntS-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-WMpd...-WMpdG5z-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-kG2B...-kG2BZ9f-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-LXdg...-LXdgkvH-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-CTC9...-CTC9MsB-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-JCx5...-JCx5B9h-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-M7X4...-M7X46PR-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-M22B...-M22Bz5J-L.jpg Menzies Golf Club, ride in the middle of the dusty dry Outback.... they planning a yacht club next the blokes told me in the pub down the road.... http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-jhRq...-jhRqXDC-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-ZN7L...-ZN7LPk2-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-P33D...-P33DrmB-L.jpg |
A lengthy pit stop at Niagara Dam, the mobile bar opens for the afternoon and sunset....
Niagara Dam - a concrete gravity dam in the most unlikely of locations. During the usual dry periods the dam level can range from half-full to nothing more than a stagnant puddle of muck. However for a couple of years after some good cyclone activity in the region the dam is a popular destination for its cool waters. http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-VLcL...-VLcLBxm-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-73c8...-73c8Sqr-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-DRC7...-DRC7n89-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-2N5s...-2N5skLm-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-Kgjh...-KgjhwSj-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-TP8q...-TP8q2Qz-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-JSvk...-JSvk7bZ-L.jpg |
Thong Tree between Niagara Dam and Kookynie Ghost Town...
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Next overnight stop at the famous Grand Hotel Kookynie in the outback of Western Australia....
The Grand Hotel is a Historic Goldfields Hotel situated 200k's north of Kalgoorlie in the old townsite of Kookynie. It was Built in 1902 and is a good example of the architecture of the period. The Hotel is a pleasant blend of old world charm and tradition and hidden modern conveniences. Grand Hotel Kookynie Menzies Golden Outback http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-J6ff...-J6ffDwK-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-sW26...-sW269tW-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-jSfb...-jSfbQfV-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-xBf2...-xBf2qZ7-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-HmxS...-HmxS9Zs-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-Z9zP...-Z9zPRmL-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-5g6c...-5g6cVHL-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-nTDZ...-nTDZGfK-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-c37G...-c37GW68-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-gbJT...-gbJTx5J-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-CLv2...-CLv22nj-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-vWfW...-vWfWg5g-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-5KRv...-5KRvM8Z-L.jpg |
The living ghost town Kookynie....
Kookynie is a town located in the Eastern Goldfields region in Western Australia. The name of the town is believed to be an aboriginal word which means 'water hole' or 'spring'. From being a busy town with a population of around 1,500 in 1905, Kookynie has become a ghost town with around 77 inhabitants in 2006, decreasing to 13 in 2010. The town originates from when gold was discovered close to the present townsite in 1895 by a group of prospectors including W.A. Miller who took up the lease of the Englishman mine in the same year. By 1899 the townsite was declared by the government and was gazetted in 1900. The town was named by Mr Beaumont, who managed the Lady Shenton gold mine. By 1905 the town was lit by electricity and the main employer was the Cosmopolitan Proprietary mine that employed over 500 men. Other mines included the Britannia and the Cumberland Niagara Champion Proprietary. The town was an important distribution centre for other towns in the area such as Yerilla, Yarri, Yundamindera and Edjudina. Kookynie grew at an impressive rate on the back of a gold rush and by 1907 the town had a population of well over 3,500, a public swimming pool, eleven hotels, a brewery and received four trains a day from Kalgoorlie.[4] Today Kookynie has one pub and hotel to serve the tourists. For a Western Australia ghost town (and there are many) it is surprisingly intact. A walk around the ruins reveals that Kookynie was once a surprisingly large town. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kookyni...tern_Australia http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-wm9V...-wm9VfWP-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-SkNq...-SkNq6Lc-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-v23N...-v23N65N-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-t7mK...-t7mK5VN-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-Z9Vr...-Z9VrDB7-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-8LhJ...-8LhJsRB-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-fnvz...-fnvz4v6-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-mcwk...-mcwkrbZ-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-BZ8V...-BZ8VJLV-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-76Js...-76Js59W-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-3rqC...-3rqCc8P-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-HPN6...-HPN6TLV-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-rrP7...-rrP7pWP-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-SVSL...-SVSLsXJ-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-nLNg...-nLNgXfJ-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-jQVn...-jQVn5DW-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-NHb5...-NHb5chj-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-XtcT...-XtcTJ94-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-dTzj...-dTzjdRN-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-cfwt...-cfwtgs3-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-6LLS...-6LLSNVJ-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-TPD8...-TPD8fg4-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-kHjk...-kHjkRZw-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-cjKr...-cjKrhvP-L.jpg |
The dangerous stretch of Outback track from Kookynie and on to Laverton (golf ball sized gravel all along the track), plenty wrecked cars along the gravel track called Old Laverton Road ~ well, not much of a road....
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Going to slow taking pics with my point + shoot camera, tipped the bike over in the deep bull-dust... no harm to rider and bike.... love the endless deserted Outback roads....
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The Goldfields Trail starts in Coolgardie and two ways to do the trail, partly up the trail to Laverton and straight on to Ayers Rock / Alice Springs and Winton to my usual last stop in Brisbane or the loop back down the other side via Lenora / Gwalia to Coolgardie.
This trip going only the Discovery Goldfields trail loop, turning around to get back onto the trail here in Laverton as another Perth - Alice Springs to Brisbane run is planned with a mate that has never been in the Aussie Outback in the future. Perth >>> Alice Springs >>> Brisbane run goes along The Outback Way "Australia's Longest Shortcut" = Outback Way - Australia's Longest Shortcut - Home http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-LTn8...-LTn8q8G-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-RKhw...-RKhwq3W-L.jpg Bit of a stopover in the hotel and pub on the way to my overnight stop http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-gHzV...-gHzVxmL-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-DfG2...-DfG2bdj-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-JJ4v...-JJ4vQnc-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-qF48...-qF48Frn-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-vDHp...-vDHpSpm-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-zR54...-zR5464T-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-8WzD...-8WzDrHG-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-gLf2...-gLf2Mqp-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-ZLv7...-ZLv7KnP-L.jpg |
Overnight stop in the Hoover House Leonora / Gwalia that doubles as a museum during day time hours.
Gwalia House Well, bit of boring history here.... a young American geologist was sent to the Gwalia area in 1897. That geologist was Herbert Hoover, who would later become President of the United States.Hoover arrived in Albany, Western Australia in May 1897, travelled by train to Coolgardie, then eventually to the Gwalia area by camel. He suggested himself as manager of the new mine. Among his suggestions for cutting labour costs was to hire mostly Italian labourers. As a result, the town's population was made up mostly of Italian immigrants, as well as other Europeans, who sought riches in Australia's newest gold rush. Hoover's stay in Gwalia was brief; he was sent to China in December 1898 to develop mines there. The house that Hoover lived in, overlooking the mine operations, still exists, and today operates as a museum and bed-and-breakfast inn. Hoover returned to Western Australia and Gwalia in 1902 as a partner in Bewick Moreing and manager of all of their interests in Western Australia. http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-8m66...-8m66ThN-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-xhbr...-xhbrwtx-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-qXSW...-qXSWNcB-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-VwQX...-VwQX8ps-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-cmkn...-cmknrqN-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-tqR3...-tqR3Hxz-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-mjTR...-mjTRSHq-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-b4tz...-b4tzstD-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-fZck...-fZck83v-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-rdcS...-rdcS2FN-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-vDDf...-vDDfZcF-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-pHCr...-pHCrtqr-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-hNZw...-hNZwpNq-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-zpn3...-zpn3BsL-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-fW4t...-fW4tQp2-L.jpg |
At the bottom of the hill the Hoover House / Museum sits on they build and maintain a ghost town from years past...
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Some more historical Ghost Town pictures, if only the walls and props could talk.....
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The Ghost Town, nice spot to watch the sunset and the mobile bar comes in handy for cold sundowner drinks (Dark & Stormy = Bundy + Ginger Beer) and snacks as usual....
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Lake Ballard was my next stop, hot and the sun burning down on the salt lake bed and the famous sculptures....
Inside Australia - Antony Gormley Sculptures, the artwork is a collection of 50 black steel sculptures standing over 10 square kilometres of the white salt plain of Lake Ballard. http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-6PcZ...-6PcZpWL-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-5wzT...-5wzT2LK-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-Jf7j...-Jf7jZrk-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-37GX...-37GXmVQ-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-b8Wd...-b8Wdh4Q-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-LfLX...-LfLXBLJ-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-Qt8B...-Qt8BNJS-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-vLRG...-vLRGCsg-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-PJDg...-PJDgt65-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-QqJD...-QqJDdHQ-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-2fFf...-2fFfLBX-L.jpg |
Lunch at Broad Arrow Tavern http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broad_A...tern_Australia
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Once again, stopping at Ora Banda for an overnight stop and listening to gold-digger and prosector stories... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ora_Ban...tern_Australia and Ora Banda Historical Inn
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Well, riding through the Aussie Outback, loving it and heading towards Coolgardie ~ the end of the Goldfield Trail... onwards back to famous Kalgoorlie
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Road trains on asphalt and a large size truck on the road from Coolgardie to Kalgoorlie...
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A visit to the Super-Pit in Kalgoorlie was quite a treat....
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A large gold mining operation like the Super-Pit requires large and heavy equipment.
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Western Australian Museum of Kalgoorlie Boulder Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder | Western Australian Museum
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Kalgoorlie view from the gold museum tower
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Australian Prospectors & Miners Hall of Fame outside Kalgoorlie
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Going underground into the mine shafts
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Kids...Kids... educational warning signs for kids!!!
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Early bike preparations after breakfast and a final run down main street to get out of famous Kalgoorlie...
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Restorers Club Coolgardie
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Beer stop at Southern Cross and the Rabbit Proof Fence on the way back to Perth...
Worlds longest fence: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit-proof_fence and the name used for the famous Aussie movie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit-Proof_Fence_(film) http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-LKsv...-LKsvgRL-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-qmgj...-qmgjJqM-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-z9d8...-z9d8MxR-L.jpg http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-mgQb...-mgQbFxH-L.jpg |
Arrived safely back in Fremantle / Perth and and spent the last days visiting the Fremantle markets Fremantle Markets - fresh food and unique gift stalls in Fremantle, Western Australia and downtown district.
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Thanks for sharing ....reminds me of my time in WA!
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Thanks. I enjoyed that. Good that no road trains ran you off the road.
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looks awesome!
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