Trip to Kalgoorlie

Wow, that was a fantastic couple of days.  I never realised how much history there was in Kalgoorlie!
The intrepid trio set off on the "Prospector', the train which runs between Perth and Kalgoorlie.

 

 

This is a seven hour train journey, so of course, the knitting had to come with me, it stopped me from buying cakes to eat !!

 



We arrived in Kalgoorlie at 2pm, and 36o heat !!  It was hot !!  Still, we checked into our hotel, then had a wander around the main street, including coffee and a late lunch.  The next day we headed off on our big adventure to Menzies, an almost abandoned mine town, full of history ...

Then it was off on our adventure to Lake Ballard, first time I have EVER driven on a dirt road!  Saw some beautiful wildflowers, and amazing great big lizards on the way, but they were too fast for me to get a shot of them!

Then, finally we arrived at Lake Ballard, where we wanted to see the "Inside Australia" exhibition, a series of sculptures by the artist Antony Gormley.  This is an amazing thing to see, out the back of nowhere, very eerie!!!  However, we were struck by a dust storm, which made it very unpleasant, so we only managed to see about 5 sculptures, and we had to fight the raging winds, grit, sand, dust, salt and goodness knows what else, to make an emergency dash back to the car.  The photos don't really pick up the wind, but believe me, you could barely stand up straight!

The residents of Menzies were somehow scanned, and the sculptures were based on these scans.  We met a lovely gentleman in Menzies, who proudly informed us he was No. 14!!  Unfortunately, the conditions were too bad for us to find him !!

I have to rush off to hairdresser now, so will post some more later.

Happy knitting.....