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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...
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Helen Avaient
- Jan 20, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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Helen Avaient
- Jan 18, 2021
- 4 min
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...
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Helen Avaient
- Jan 16, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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Helen Avaient
- Jan 15, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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Helen Avaient
- Jan 14, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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Helen Avaient
- Jan 12, 2021
- 2 min
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,...
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Helen Avaient
- Jan 10, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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Helen Avaient
- Jan 8, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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Helen Avaient
- Jan 6, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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Helen Avaient
- Jan 4, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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Helen Avaient
- Jan 3, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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Helen Avaient
- Jan 1, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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Helen Avaient
- Dec 31, 2020
- 2 min
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...
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Helen Avaient
- Dec 30, 2020
- 5 min
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...
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Helen Avaient
- Dec 29, 2020
- 3 min
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...
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Helen Avaient
- Dec 27, 2020
- 3 min
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...
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Helen Avaient
- Dec 24, 2020
- 2 min
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....
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Helen Avaient
- Dec 22, 2020
- 4 min
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...
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Helen Avaient
- Dec 20, 2020
- 4 min
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...
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