Australia's Golden Outback 2024 Holiday Planner

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The Golden Quest Discovery Trail provides comprehensive directions and advice, including important tips on respecting Indigenous communities and lands, as well as sorting out where to bed down. While most roads are sealed, some are not, so leave your metro driving habits at home. And watch the weather — a change in the elements means more here than remembering to get your washing in on time. Don’t worry though — the offical website has all the information and resources any traveller needs to work alongside nature in this ruggedly beautiful part of the world.

Golden Quest Discovery Trail

bounds. The picturesque Niagara Dam is the perfect place to settle in for a picnic; while a visit to Leonora’s renowned Gwalia Museum is a heritage haven and echoes of a bygone era. Just a 40-minute drive from Menzies reveals the extraordinary Lake Ballard , a vast salt lake adorned with 51 striking sculptures—silent steel guardians overlooking this serene bush jewel. These destinations are not merely coordinates on a map, but realms of discovery, inviting travellers to immerse in the enduring beauty and heritage of this outback quest. The places you’ll go and the things you’ll see will never leave you. Ultimately, though, all three tours have to come to an end, but once they do your adventure is only just beginning — welcome to Kalgoorlie-Boulder. This unique bush capital is unlike any other city on earth. A place that boasts a, let’s just say, colourful history, here

you’ll find a modern, vibrant bolthole that still has echoes of the truly wild west that built it. Indigenous culture regains strength alongside settler history, in a city that was built on overcoming adversity and succeeding against the odds. The Hannans Tourist Mine , tram tour and Super Pit are just the top of the iceberg for highlights relating to the activity that spurred the flow of gold. Those on a tighter schedule can also make Kal their base, and follow one of three day tours or two overnight trips that take in many of the gems the Goldfields has to offer. Each is a delight, an experience, an adventure, and each will make you want to come back for more. The good news? There’s so much here in this big red land that, when you do return, there will always be something new to show you we’ll always have something new to show you.

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friendly face and character, Willie, a horse that was once lost in the outback and has now made Kookynie home. Rescued by locals and nursed back to health, Willie is now celebrated around town and, like all good residents, he drops into the town’s pub every day for his lunch — quite the experience for newcomers on their GQDT journey. Along the GQDT, natural splendour and historical significance knows no

GET RICH IN GOLD HISTORY

Explore over 30 exhibits • Climb aboard a 793C haul truck •

Experience life as a prospector in our 1800’s camp • Listen to Paddy Hannan tell his tale of discovery • Grab a kip and try your luck at Two Up • Pan for your own real Kalgoorlie Gold • Free BBQ Facilities & Souvenir shop • Dogs pens available • Owned and operated for the community by Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines Pty Ltd (ABN 97 009 377 619) a 100% owned subsidiary of Northern Star Resources Ltd.

OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 9am-4pm

Visit us off the Goldfields Highway, 1.5km left from the top end of Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie WA 08 9022 1664 | hannansnorth.com.au | Entry fees apply

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