Kalgoorlie - Part 3

There are many lovely old buildings in Kalgoorlie but because of the recent earthquakes a lot of them were covered in scaffolding. 

 The York Hotel

The Exchange Hotel....when they say there's a pub on every corner..they arn't kidding! There are 25 historic hotels in the Kalgoorlie Boulder area.

Court Hotel, Boulder

Camel trains were used to bring water into the Kalgoorlie area. The streets were build wide to accommodate a camel train U-turn...as they have no reverse gear! 

This is one of the original bordello's in Kalgoorlie, you can take a tour at 3pm everyday is you wish. We didn't wish! 

One of the more famous madams, Leigh Varis-Beswick (now retired) used to live in Wickham when we were there. She was a man who became a woman, who became a prostitute, who became a madam, who became a shire councillor. I remember her as a woman playing softball and a jolly good one at that, she was the pitcher and she sure could throw a ball. I also remember she would go 'easy' on me because she knew I wasn't one of the best players on the field.

We visited the museum and found it very interesting...as most museums are. Wouldn't mind that in our bank account!

 There is quite a large area dedicated to the Aboriginal people of the area.

This bike was built of wood and apparently was ridden from somewhere in the south (we can't quite remember) to Kalgoorlie. 

Loved this chest of drawers, looks like it was made from tea chests or something similar. That little bassinet looks familiar too.....

While in Kalgoorlie and after doing lots of caches we contacted a few of the local cachers through email and introduced them to Munzees. We placed two in town one right here near the man himself, Paddy Hannan. Within a few hours these two were captured and within a couple of days there were seven in town.