Kalgoorlie

So I went to this crazy place called Kalgoorlie, which is a mining town 8 hours drive outside Perth. It’s in the middle of nowhere. It was the weirdest trip I think I have ever been on. I went into it only knowing one person, so it was a bit of a chance that I would get along with the other 6 people. All the people I went with were really nice, fun people, but it was still a crazy trip. It was four days in a small van, it looked like a car, but no it was a van! It wasn’t tall enough or have enough space in it to be a real van, but it fit all of us, so it wasn’t a car. Should you put 8 people in a van/car that size? No! It’s slightly inhumane. There was definitely not enough space and I spent most of it in the back, which was my choice because I don’t like being in the middle, but it was a bad choice.

While we made it to Kalgoorlie in one day, we spent the whole trip getting in the car, driving around in the desert/outback/bush for extended period of time, getting out of the car for maybe – maybe – 30 minutes, and then getting back in the car. It was like training for the circus to drive the clown car. However I saw some pretty cool things. There was Lake Ballard, which has no water and instead has these crazy statues spread all around it and Wave Rock, which is a giant rock that resembles a wave and although it doesn’t sound cool, it was.

We also took pictures of everything. Everything. Every small town, sign, food stuffs, it was crazy. I feel like a hypocrite because I love taking photos, but I am a terrible tourist, I have little patience for tourist photos. Although I am glad the trip was well documented by someone.

I am glad I went, it was an experience, and now I never need to go back there.