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2024 Day 1
Early rise at 3am to be on the bus by 4am! First Stop Kondinin Made it to Merredin and onto the train. Now we're in Kalgoorlie at the...
GDHS
Sep 9, 20241 min read
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They’re Coming Home!
On the bus in Merredin at about 11am...
GDHS
Sep 7, 20181 min read
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Rise and Shine
Waking up, packing, cleaning, embarking.
Zzzz
Sep 6, 20181 min read
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Ms Nic
Sep 6, 20180 min read
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Ms Nic
Sep 6, 20180 min read
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Ms Nic
Sep 6, 20180 min read
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Sep 6, 20180 min read
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Sep 6, 20180 min read
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Dip & Slide
Time for a cooling swim, and a few goes on the indoor water slide at the Kalgoorlie Oasis. Miss Letter and Miss McGuire splashed along...
Ian
Sep 6, 20181 min read
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School of Mines Mineral Museum
To add a little to the other geological knowledge we’ve picked up this week, we stopped by the WA School of Mines mineral collection....
Ian
Sep 6, 20181 min read
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Flying Doctor Base
Sadly, the Royal Flying Doctor Service plane was called out for a retrieval from Esperance about ten minutes before our visit, so our...
Ian
Sep 6, 20181 min read
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Two up School
Most of the students lost their wages - hard earned in the mine - at the Kalgoorlie Two up school. Lady Luck smiled on Miss McGuire and...
Ian
Sep 6, 20181 min read
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Sleeps
Boys: After line dancing we had showers. Then we went to bed and Mr Bailey told some stories. The stories were interesting, I kind of...
Jack & Gabby
Sep 5, 20181 min read
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Ms Nic
Sep 5, 20180 min read
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Sep 5, 20180 min read
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Coolgardie History Trip
The discovery of gold at Coolgardie swelled the colony’s population from forty thousand to eight hundred thousand and attracted a lot of...
Ian
Sep 5, 20181 min read
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Chillin’ at the Park
Chance to sit down after the hard work of crushing rocks for gold. Quick lunch and a kick of the footy.
Ian
Sep 5, 20181 min read
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Coolgardie Park Toilet
It looks new - clean and shiny metal. You open the door by pressing a button, when you go inside it looks like the future. When the door...
Shamus
Sep 5, 20181 min read
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Striking Gold
Well, it took a while for me to find some. I got a little sad because I thought I was going to be the only one not to find gold. Then...
Eliza
Sep 5, 20181 min read
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First Stop - Prospecting
Finding quartz - a 2 coloured rock Maddie and Charlie were the first to strike gold!!!! Cliffton showing his miner's permit
Ms Nic
Sep 5, 20181 min read
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