Well tonight we got to experience some of the results of the golden mile. KCGM The company that manages the mines (some of them) turned 20 and held a party at the super pit lookout. It was fantastic.
Getting up close to the Super Pit, is a dwarfing experience. At 320 metres deep, about 3km long and 1.4km wide this massive man made hole in the ground makes an awesome sight.
The pit operates 24hours a day. Looking down the trucks are like tiny toy tonka trucks slowly winding their way up from the bottom of the pit. If you look closely at the photo (Click on it to enlarge it )on the left you can just see the tiny toy trucks winding their way up the sides of the pit but up close I have never seen anything so large.
The pit operates 24hours a day. Looking down the trucks are like tiny toy tonka trucks slowly winding their way up from the bottom of the pit. If you look closely at the photo (Click on it to enlarge it )on the left you can just see the tiny toy trucks winding their way up the sides of the pit but up close I have never seen anything so large.
weighs 166tonne and has a fuel tank of 3,790 litres with a max speed of 55Km/ph
Photos below are of our family with the trucks
The best part about the evening (on top of the free sausage sizzle and marshmallow toasting) was the fantastic fireworks. What a way to begin our learning into the history of Kalgoorlie, which looks like being delayed in starting as Duckie now wants to learn how fireworks work!
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