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Perth Over Fifty-Fives Walking Association
When your social circle decreases, especially as you get older, this can lead to a loss of the sense of connection. It can change a...

Helen Avaient
Jan 21, 20215 min read
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Beaten Track craft brewery in Boulder, Western Australia
Mick is an octogenarian living in Boulder. Each day he wanders down the road and provides the Beaten Track Brewery with fruits he grows...

Helen Avaient
Jan 20, 20213 min read
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10 awesome things to see and do at Hannans North Tourist Mine, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
1. Big machines Wow! Machines are big at the Hannans North Tourist Mine. Huge working machines that dwarf a human. Below are a 793C Haul...

Helen Avaient
Jan 18, 20214 min read
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Art in the Heart of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Another activity to do when in Kalgoorlie is the HeART Walk. It was lovely to walk around the city using the map that I picked up at the...

Helen Avaient
Jan 16, 20212 min read
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Drag Queen Bingo at Connections night club
Bingo is a game you often associate with grandmas and Catholic Church halls. Far from this scenario is the free fun bingo held at...

Helen Avaient
Jan 15, 20213 min read
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Herbert Hoover & Sons of Gwalia mine, Western Australia
On 21 December 1963 the Sons of Gwalia mine closed and the 1500 residents of Gwalia left town for ever. Trains were dispatched from...

Helen Avaient
Jan 14, 20213 min read
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The Secret Garden of Perth
Have you ever wanted to feel like Alice in Wonderland, step into a Tim Burton film, or be like the children in the Narnia books,...

Helen Avaient
Jan 12, 20212 min read
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De Bonales is Kalgoorlie's favourite restaurant, Western Australia
I asked several locals which one of the many hotels and restaurants in Kalgoorlie-Boulder was the best one to visit. The almost...

Helen Avaient
Jan 10, 20213 min read
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The phoenix of Ora Banda, Western Australia
The abandoned ghost town of Ora Banda is 66kms (41 miles) from Kalgoorlie, and known by many for the infamous and notorious hotel that...

Helen Avaient
Jan 8, 20212 min read
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The town tales of Menzies, Western Australia
1 and a half hours drive north of Kalgoorlie (8 hours north north east of Perth) lies the small town of Menzies. The town is named after...

Helen Avaient
Jan 6, 20213 min read
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Drag Racing at Motorplex, Perth
Names like funny cars, door slammers, top door, super street and nitro meant nothing to me until a friend invited me along to my first...

Helen Avaient
Jan 4, 20213 min read
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Questa Casa, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
When gold was discovered in Kalgoorlie, men arrived by the thousands. Apart from equipment to mine the precious mineral, they had other...

Helen Avaient
Jan 3, 20213 min read
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Skimpies in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
My friend Ingrid arrived in Kalgoorlie back in 2010 looking for mining work. Staying at a local backpackers, she was invited, “Do you...

Helen Avaient
Jan 1, 20213 min read
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Goldfields War Museum, Boulder, Western Australia
The Goldfields War Museum is housed in the Boulder Town Hall, in what was originally the library and later a doctor’s surgery. This...

Helen Avaient
Dec 31, 20202 min read
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Kalgoorlie Town Hall Tour, Western Australia
Leading the hour-long tour of the Town Hall in Kalgoorlie was tour guide and historian Tim, who had given the tour of Boulder Town Hall I...

Helen Avaient
Dec 30, 20205 min read
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Boulder Town Hall Tour, Western Australia
Taking part in the tour of the Boulder Town Hall is to step back to 1908, the year it was built. With the Goldfields being highly...

Helen Avaient
Dec 29, 20203 min read
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Are you a heads or a tails when it comes to a two up game?
An old circular structure made up of odd pieces of corrugated iron for walls, and a roof that looks ready to fall down sits out among the...

Helen Avaient
Dec 27, 20203 min read
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Merry Christmas from the Australian Outback
Having purchased a second hand caravan recently, I decided to set out on my maiden voyage to an outback area of Western Australia....

Helen Avaient
Dec 24, 20202 min read
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Broad Arrow Tavern - a must experience outback pub
The still operating Broad Arrow Tavern is one of those unique outback pubs in Australia that should be on everyone’s Australian bucket...

Helen Avaient
Dec 22, 20204 min read
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10 things to see and do in Wellington National Park
Drive 2 ½ hours south of Perth in Western Australia and you will discover the Wellington National Park. The Park has over 17,000 hectares...

Helen Avaient
Dec 20, 20204 min read
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