It can be viewed on Tuesdays at 1. The rules of the game are artfully simple: two coins, preferably old pennies, are thrown in the air. There are three possible outcomes: two heads, two tails, a head and a tail.
You bet on the outcome. It is played legally in a rustic setting at Sheffields Restaurant which is located at the rear of the Recreation Hotel on the corner of Burt and Lionel Streets. It was opened in October as part of Australia's Centenary of Federation.
It "combines an historic gold mine and heritage precinct with interactive galleries, a changing display of art works and specifically designed gardens. It includes displays on prospectors, mineral discoveries and the government's role in mining alongside the latest technological developments.
On the heritage site visitors can tour the underground mine, watch a gold pour demonstration or try their luck at panning for gold. The seven hectare site displays a diverse collection of mining memorabilia including historic headframes and numerous heritage buildings. It is real and can be a lot of fun for committed golfers.
Hole Kalgoorlie Golden Mile Par 4 and is metres. Located at the Kalgoorlie Golf Club this is pure bliss after the rough and tumble of many of the holes across the Nullarbor. Although the Kalgoorlie Golf Club is located on the edge of the city, it is in fact in the middle of the desert, edged by the iron-rich red sands and with greens and fairways that look like luxurious carpet. It was designed by Graham Marsh he was born in Kalgoorlie and went on to win the US Open , is truly a wonder to behold, and is rated one of the top courses in Australia.
It is a sublime way to finish the course. The green is elevated, and well protected by large deep bunkers. The notes on the website explain: "The discovery of gold by Paddy Hannan in led to one of Australia's great gold rushes.
Since then Kalgoorlie-Boulder has developed into a major service hub for Western Australia's active resource industry. Dominated by magnificent historic architecture, Hannan and Burt Streets provide a focus for modern cafes, restaurants and accommodation, hotels, clubs and watering holes. Surrounded by beautiful forest, the golden City boasts colourful characters and culture, world class sporting and indoor swimming facilities, traditional two-up games, and the famous Race Round.
The idea for the Nullarbor Links concept was born out of the need to change how travellers perceived the Eyre Highway. The majority of people crossing the Nullarbor had a race track mentality. Bob Bongiorno saw Nullarbor Links as a way to slow people down and make the crossing part of the holiday and not something to be endured and traversed as quickly as possible. His aim was to create awareness of many of the "self find" attractions and stories on the Nullarbor.
This Golf Course is not only a game but also an interpretative journey with holes and Tees named after significant geological features or significant events or people in history.
Bob Bongiorno is father of Nullarbor Links and this tee is dedicated to his vision. Located at the Kalgoorlie Golf Club this is equally impressive and is a pleasant return towards the club house. There are plenty of bunkers and challenges along the way. There is plenty of space to lay up with the second shot. The green slopes from front to back. The pipeline carries fresh water from the hills on the outskirts of Perth to the eastern goldfields of Western Australia, across a distance of kilometres.
It took five years to build and was completed in It is still in use today and supplies water through kilometres of pipe to almost , people and 6 million sheep throughout the goldfields and surrounding agricultural areas. Alf Caputo was the secretary of the Eyre Highway Operators Association and the project manager of Nullarbor Links from the announcement of the project in , to its completion in Bob told Alf of his vision of establishing The world's longest Golf Course.
Alf immediately saw the potential of such an idea and set about making the dream come true. The only stipulation was that the course finish in Kalgoorlie-Boulder. Alf's hard work and dedication to the cause saw an absolute pipe dream become one of the most important tourism icons in Australia's Golden Outback.
The water from the pipeline was stored in the reservoir and then distributed throughout the city. Mount Charlotte is m above sea level and offers fine views across the city. The lookout runs off Sutherland Street which, in turn, runs east off the Goldfields Highway. C Y O'Connor's Pipeline Driving to Kalgoorlie from Perth it is impossible to miss C Y O'Connor's km pipeline which runs beside the Great Eastern Highway from Mundaring and was the lifesaver for the parched desert around Kalgoorlie which has an average annual rainfall of only mm per annum.
The story of C Y O'Connor is a tale of a man of remarkable vision who was destroyed by public cynicism. Charles Yelverton O'Connor had the brilliant idea to dam water in the Perth Hills and build a pipeline km to the goldfields.
In the Western Australian government committed itself to the construction of the Mundaring Weir and the pipeline which would connect the waters of the Helena River to Kalgoorlie and Coolgardie. The Mundaring Weir was completed in and the laying of the pipes began in The construction of the dam and the pipeline are two of the great engineering feats of Western Australia. Without earth moving equipment they changed the nature of Kalgoorlie and Coolgardie.
His story has been fictionalised by Robert Drewe, a Western Australian by birth, in The Drowner and O'Connor's tragedy is a constant reminder of how a good man can be hounded by critics beyond a point of sanity and endurance.
During the next decade he was instrumental in extending the state's railways and establishing Fremantle harbour. O'Connor devised the plan to construct a water pipeline from Mundaring to Coolgardie.
The plan was laid out in but it was so vigorously opposed in Parliament that approval to start work wasn't granted until O'Connor was vilified by people who insisted he was a crazy dreamer. A vicious press campaign was waged. He was so distressed by the attacks that in March, he committed suicide his suicide note included detailed instructions on the construction of the pipeline on Cottesloe Beach.
It is one of the tragic ironies of the story that when the pipeline was completed in it immediately liberated wheatbelt and Eastern Goldfields towns from their dependence on unreliable wells, poor rainfall and waterholes.
Water which had been transported km by train to thirsty communities was converted into a daily output of 5 million gallons being delivered along km of pipes. The National Trust has published a detailed book - The Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail Guide - which is an excellent guide to all the main, accessible features of this remarkable pipeline.
The Golden Quest Discovery Trail Another book worth purchasing, particularly if you are intending to explore beyond Kalgoorlie-Boulder, is the Golden Quest Discovery Trail which has detailed information and guides to the gold towns many of which are now ghost towns including Ora Banda, Menzies, Laverton, Gwalia, Broad Arrow and Coolgardie. In Kalgoorlie and its twin city, Boulder was amalgamated to form Kalgoorlie-Boulder , although the pair is widely referred to as Kalgoorlie these days.
Kalgoorlie is flourishing and is said to be home to 30, people, who have come from all over the world to live and work here. In its beginnings, Kalgoorlie was a frontier town where men made fortunes overnight. But this was no easy life and success for most was forged through hardship and good fortune.
One of the things that surprise visitors to this Kalgoorlie is the grandness of the architecture which emerges from the desert that surrounds the city. Today this outback city remains as a symbol of the prosperity of the region. Kalgoorlie, Western Australia is one of those places people are drawn to, whether as a tourist or as someone who will call this place home, there is a special warmth and a down-to-earth attitude here that entices you to stay.
Roll past mining towns, wildflowers from mid-July to late October and the Gwalia ghost town, where abandoned homes and businesses provide a snapshot of a bygone era. Alternatively, the Golden Pipeline route follows the Goldfield's water supply scheme, which today is celebrated as one of the world's greatest engineering feats — a kilometre mile long pipeline, built to supply Kalgoorlie-Boulder with water, and which engineers at the time thought impossible.
Kalgoorlie-Boulder has a one-of-a-kind event in Australia, St Barbara's Festival , celebrating the local mining industry. Occurring every 4 December, the event offers the opportunity to get up close to huge trucks. Community organisations, schools and animals take part in the parade, which also showcases mine rescue demonstrations. The extraordinary Lake Ballard is dotted with 51 steel sculptures, which have been created by artist Sir Antony Gormley, better known for his Angel of the North sculpture in Tyne and Wear, England.
The installation , entitled Inside Australia , were commissioned for the Perth International Arts Festival and has attracted art lovers ever since. You can also visit the Last of the Nomads statue, dedicated to Warri and Yatungka of the Mandildjara tribe, who ran away together and spent 40 years living in the desert.
A lookout near the southern end of the mine gives you an overview of the massive scale of the pit, with enormous mining trucks appearing tiny on the pit floor. The lookout also has mining vehicles with which you can pose for photos. We use cookies on this site to enhance your user experience. Find out more. By clicking any link on this page you are giving your consent for us to set cookies. We acknowledge the Traditional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Owners of the land, sea and waters of the Australian continent, and recognise their custodianship of culture and Country for over 60, years.
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