Coolgardie WA 11th Oct

We stayed the night at Coolgardie on the way to Kalgoorlie, a small town with a deep history with the original finding of gold in the area.
Plenty of camping spots at the Old Railway Station which is being restored, this railway station was originally built in March 1896.
On September 17th 1892, Arthur Bayley rode into Southern Cross and deposited with the Mining Warden 554 ounces of gold he and his partner William Ford, had found. It had been found in an area called Fly Flat, part of which was later to become the town of Coolgardie.
While the lucky found gold and fortune, many more only found hardship, sickness and death. The booming settlement suffered with inadequate housing, food, medical supplies and water became more precious and expensive than gold itself.
Despite this, within the decade Coolgardie had become the third largest town in Western Australia with a population of over 16,000.
While the surface gold ran out and the original mine , Bayley's Reward, closed in 1963, Coolgardie has retained many of it's magnificent buildings associated with it's rich and colourful past.
Coolgardie is only 38 ks from Kalgoorlie so a great little stopover on the way through, whether coming from Norseman or Southern Cross.