Fabio and I lived in Kalgoorlie for a few years, which tends to happen when your life revolves around mining.
And the thing that people MOST want to see when they visit Kalgoorlie is the Super Pit (or the brothels, but I'm not going to advertise those, even inadvertently)
If ever you get to Kal, go to the Super Pit. Seriously.
Take a tour if you can.
Also -- if you click on the photos, they'll come up a bit larger, to help you see the details.
This view is years old. The viewing platform gets moved regularly as the Pit extends.
In the right foreground, you can see some little white dots. This is a blast pattern being drilled.
It's where the explosives will go.
You can also JUST see something that looks like a tiny white crane.
It's actually a huge piece of machinery that does something to do with the drilling.
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Another view of the 'bench' that's being drilled ready for firing.
The tiny dots are machinery and vehicles.
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And a close-up.
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Fabio, the kids and my sister, looking from the viewing platform. The mesh is there to stop drongos from climbing over, and also to protect the public from flying rock.
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If you look at the first picture again, you can JUST see a tiny yellow blob slightly above the centre of the photo. This is it, in close-up.
Looking carefully, you can see tiny people moving around in front of that enormous yellow thing.
There are a couple of dumpies (huge dump trucks) in the background as well.
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A dump truck, with a 'normal' sized vehicle parked in front of it. See the different colours in the dirt? And the 'benching'? It's a pretty amazing sight.
I wish you could be taking this virtual tour with Fabio -- he knows what all the machinery is, and what it does, and knows all kinds of cool things to point out.
I wish you could be taking this virtual tour with Fabio -- he knows what all the machinery is, and what it does, and knows all kinds of cool things to point out.
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