I visited new and old gold mines in Kalgoorlie – fancy town full of old, ornate buildings from the time of the Gold rush. 8 percent of the world’s production of gold still comes from Western Australia. I had a chance to see second open mine in the world – can you imagine the big hole in the ground (3 km by 1,5 and more then 300 m deep? They call it superpit… There is also a kind of live museum where you can pan for gold and go down for the 40-minnutes tour to the old underground mine – well worth 20 AUD charged for the entrance…
There is also another show – the gold pour every day at 11 am – you will have a chance to take a picture with a solid bar of real gold produced on your eyes! What a feeling!
